The 3rd Luanda Financing Summit for Africa Infrastructure Development, co-hosted by Angola, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), was held in Luanda, on 28-31 October 2025. The Summit, under the theme: “Capital, Corridors, Trade: Investing in Infrastructure for the AfCFTA and Shared Prosperity”, convened African leaders, investors, and development partners to accelerate infrastructure financing across the continent, aligned with the AU’s Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).
Kenya delegation was led by Hon. John Mbadi, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, and Eng. John Tanui, Principal Secretary of State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy.
On the margins of the Summit, the Kenya delegation held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Mário Augusto da Silva Oliveira, Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication of the Republic of Angola. The meeting agreed on action towards implementing the Kenya-Angola Memorandum of Understanding in the field of ICT.
Kenya’s contribution throughout the 3 days highlighted the digital transformation process which is critical for economic growth in Kenya, inter alia:
- Infrastructure development in partnership with global actors as well as local internet and mobile service providers;
- The importance of the private sector in building reliable, sustainable infrastructure;
- Enabling policy framework including the development of the ICT, Cloud and AI policies;
- Digital skilling and knowledge development up to the rural areas;
- Strategic collaboration with our neighbours South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania to name a few;
- Digitization of public services – 22,000 services online; 14m users; collection of 5bn dollars contributing significantly to Government revenue.
Last modified: 21 April, 2026
