{"id":84787,"date":"2023-02-22T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/first-eu-kenya-business-forum-concludes-in-nairobi"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:20:08","slug":"first-eu-kenya-business-forum-concludes-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/first-eu-kenya-business-forum-concludes-in-nairobi","title":{"rendered":"First EU-Kenya Business Forum concludes in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The first <b>European Union-Kenya Business Forum<\/b> concluded this Wednesday in the capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The forum brought together for two days more than <b>500<\/b> participants ranging from politicians, business executives, experts and diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Kenya&#8217;s president, <b>William Ruto<\/b>, participated in the signing of an <b>EU<\/b> funding package for <b>TradeMark Africa<\/b> to facilitate a five-year programme that will boost <b>Kenya\u2019s<\/b> exports and support the government in creating a positive business environment.<\/p>\n<p>The funding package is worth <b>$27<\/b> million dollars bringing together both the public and private sectors of <b>Kenya<\/b> alongside European financing institutions with the overall aim of achieving a sustainable growth of exports, including transport and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the <b>European Union<\/b> is the largest destination for <b>Kenya\u2019s<\/b> exports.<\/p>\n<p>In <b>2021<\/b>, European markets accounted for <b>$1.3<\/b> billion dollars worth of products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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