Ndiho Media,LLC.

The Africa Forward Summit marks a historic “diplomatic divorce” from the past. By choosing Nairobi—an English-speaking powerhouse—President Emmanuel Macron is attempting to bury the ghost of Françafrique and reinvent France as a tech and green-energy partner for “Modern Africa.” For President William Ruto, it is a masterclass in regional positioning, turning Kenya into the ultimate bridge between Western capital and African ambition.