Kenya is currently hosting the African Development Bank annual meeting, which has brought together various delegates, including heads of state.

The AfDB annual general meeting, held at the KICC, started on May 27 and will conclude on May 31.

This year's theme is “Africa’s Transformation: the African Development Bank, and the Reform of the Global Financial Architecture.”

PHOTO | COURTESY AFDB Meeting at KICC in Kenya

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The theme reflects the understanding that, despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Africa's economic transformation remains a work in progress with much more to be accomplished.

President William Ruto joined other heads of state on Wednesday in a high-level presidential dialogue to discuss the slow pace of transformation in Africa, identifying the key challenges and opportunities.

PHOTO | COURTESY From Left to right: Dr. Chris Kiptoo, Principal Secretary, National Treasury; Prof Vincent O.Nmehielle, Secretary General, African Development Bank Group; Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic planning

The Kenyatta International Convention Centre where the African Development Bank (AfDB) 2024 Annual Meeting is ongoig on May 29, 2024

President William Ruto and President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe posed for a photo during the African Development Bank (AfDB) 2024 Annual Meeting at KICC on May 28, 2024.

African Development Bank (AfDB) 2024 Annual Meeting at KICC on May 28, 2024

Presidents who attended the meeting included Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé of Togo, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe, Mohamed Younis al-Menfi of Libya, Joseph Nyuma Boakai of Liberia, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of Mozambique, Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo, and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania.

Other notable attendees included former Mozambique president Joaquim Alberto Chissano, AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina, Islamic Development Bank president Muhammad Al Jasser, and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat.