Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, , will hold the first inaugural African-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) conference on Sept. 7 to address commerce, cross-cultural exchanges, and pandemic response.
This was made known in a statement released by the Kenyan Foreign Ministry on Friday.
Heads of state and government from Africa and the Caribbean, as well as officials from regional economic blocs, would attend the virtual summit.
“Unity Across Continents and Oceans: Opportunities for Deepening Integration” is the summit’s topic.
The summit will aim to foster stronger collaboration between the African diaspora, persons of African descent, the Caribbean and Pacific region, and their institutions, according to the statement.
The event aimed to actualise mutual aspirations of African and Caribbean states, through enhanced economic, social and cultural ties even as they explored knowledge-sharing, to boost the fight against COVID-19.
The ministry said other topics of discussion would include debt management and development financing, economic integration, trade, blue economy, transport connectivity and financial innovations.
Among the outcomes expected at the Africa-Caribbean summit were an integrated greater economic trade and investment pact and a collective approach to fighting the pandemic and climate change.
The summit would also galvanise momentum and support for the formation of the Africa-Brazil-Caribbean Development Commission.
It would also provide political goodwill and support for activities, aimed at forging closer ties with the African diaspora.