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Washington(ANN)-Kenyan President William Ruto is on a three-day visit to the United States. His visit has become of great interest to Washington, since Kenya was part of the alliance between China and Russia.

At the same time, the Horn of Africa region was affected by the politics of competition andpower struggles in the region.Ruto, his trip at this time will be the first for an African leader to visit the United States since 2008.

When Ruto met his counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday, high on their agenda would be an international security intervention in the troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti – a mission led by Kenya and Washington support.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed a new semiconductor partnership with Kenya during the discussion, according to the official, who detailed the moves on condition of anonymity before their release.

The partnership, under the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund, would see the US work with Kenya’s government to support the country’s semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging sector, the official said.

The intention is to strengthen the security of global supply chains and complement US manufacturing of chips.

The executives attending the meeting included Ruth Porat, president and chief financial officer of Alphabet, and Ursula Burns, chairwoman of Teneo. Executives of Kenyan companies, including Sitoyo Lopokoiyit of M-PESA, Anthony Githinji of Semiconductor Technologies Limited and Jit Bhattacharya of BasiGo, made up the majority of participants.

The discussion falls at a time of heightened global collaboration on safeguards for emerging technology, specifically regarding artificial intelligence which experts say poses a threat to privacy and heightens the risk of disinformation.

The visit from Ruto, who will be honoured with a state dinner on Thursday, highlights the Biden administration’s efforts to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the region and reverse years of what African leaders say is US neglect.

Ruto cast Kenya as a country with a burgeoning tech industry.
“The space around artificial intelligence, and the space around cybersecurity and the investments that come with it, we are expanding our footprint in the digital space,” Ruto said.

AI is one emerging technology that has captured Biden’s attention as he seeks to implement privacy and security safeguards in the absence of US Congressional action.

Others attending included Franklin Amoo, co-founder of private equity firm Baylis Emerging Markets; Kamau Gachigi, executive director of Gearbox; Peter Muchiri, vice chancellor of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Kenya; Cheryl Mills, chief executive officer of BlackIvy Group; and M-KOPA CEO Jesse Moore.

Before arriving in Washington, Ruto spent Monday and Tuesday in Atlanta. He visited the Coca-Cola Company’s headquarters, and attended a reception with private-sector leaders late Tuesday, according to two administration officials.

Several companies based in Atlanta have a strong presence in Africa, including Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines, Inc. Ruto toured the Tyler Perry Studios, owned by the entertainment mogul, and where television personality Steve Harvey and former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O’Neal stopped by. Ruto also spoke at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, underscoring the visit’s theme of democracy as the US encourages African nations to conduct fair elections.

He laid a wreath at the tomb of civil-rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, while visiting a center dedicated to honoring their legacy.

On Tuesday, the US Agency for International Development announced a $32 million investment to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in Kenya during Ruto’s visit to Spelman College, a historically Black college for women.

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