president biden: hello, important.it is great to bei thy for both our countries. mr. president, i cannot think of a better visited nairobi as vice president, i said the trueya was its people. the students, workers, activists, innovators, entrepreneurs and so many people like you who really do defend and support our democracy. today as we honor 60 years

of ties between clear our people uegth of the partnership and the partnership is working well. ÷l than in the realm ofatio which is why we have so many business leaders around this table. fromic to sell a, savannah, our people have brought us forward and pioneered new technologies that transform go beyond that. and we have invested in new industries that have generated billions of dollars economically and have created new opportunities that lifted up our countries on both our continents. our people ands ha also brought together, we a all excited about this, i have not seen my team so excited about a

we are launching a new era of ch, technological cooperation between kenya and america including new ch invests cybersecurity security, artificial semiconductors. my message is very straightforward and si. thank you, thank you and we are going to keep it up.

we are going to see more tenological change in the next teen years -- next 10 years than we have seen in the last 50 and we need your help to seize this we need you to help us find opportunities to bring the public and private sectors together we need you tons and industries of the future, including clean energy and e-commerce as well and we need you to keep investing in the democracies. we to prioritize the technological partnership between our countries■. vice president harrisalready building a new public-private partnership to increased investments in innovation and

because our cooperation matters it's not just for our own people but for people around the world to grow as it is i think it benefits not only the united states and kenya but will lead literally around the world so rking with you and we keep investing in the true strength of our nations our people in the years ahead. that, mr. president, i turn it over to you. ok, thank you very much mr president and on behalf i too iy special way thank you for extending an invitation to me to undertake this state visit. i bring you very warm greetings from the people of kennd

brothers and sisters from across the continent. i undertake this visit on the background of 60 years of solid frween the united states and kenya and specifically, mr. president, on the ec here on the digital space ontecd invest trade and the relationship we have managed to build over the years. to confirm to you that kenya is young tech country as you have said correctly, we have spent a lot of time working with our technology companies, our

technology investors, we've had twin relationships between seleka and, savannah in -- scylla can, -- silicon, savannah in kenya and silicon valley in the united states and this meeting is about what we can do together around digital jobsnesg research and development and mr . president orta aspect is the chips act which hopefully we will be able to have a conversation about in the coming dayxcellency it speaks to the wealth of opportunity that exists between kenya and the united states. our young population, talented, educative, innovative and american technology that is is a perfect match for thisrtune

moment. moment to explore investment opportunities between kenya and to the united states and mr. unr leadership, we believe that as we celebratese 6years of relationships between our two countries, we also celebrate the opportunities that come th friendship that exists between acaround artificialou have said, intelligence, cybersecurity, and investments that come with it, we are expanding our footprint in the digital space. we are rolling out 100,000 kilometers of fiber optic in kenya and connecting every world and every village to the fib bue

sure that e-commerce, digital jobs and digital learning we can access to every child in kenya. and we are very proud american companies. taryaimondo was in kenya and we agreed with her on the kind of investment, the level of investnt to be fasd between our sides in my being here today is a confirmation ars into action, and from opportunities to investment. and hopefully, we will be able to sig off some ofs. we have semi-conductive companies hear from kenya, large

corporate think tanks in kenya, be discussing theopportunitiesd i look forward to consummating some of the discussions around this table into concrete investments going into the future. presidenten: ank you all.

dinner of the biden presidency.