Ruto heads to France as Kenya pushes Africa's agenda at G7

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President William Ruto. [File,Standard]

President William Ruto has departed for Évian, France, to attend the Group of Seven (G7) Leaders' Summit, where Kenya will join a small group of invited non-member nations in pressing for reform of the global financial system.

Kenya is among the invited countries, including Brazil, India and South Korea, attending the three-day summit, which runs from Monday to Wednesday under France's G7 presidency.

Ruto is expected to advocate for lower borrowing costs for African economies, expanded trade and investment access, and a continental position on artificial intelligence (AI) governance, drawing on agreements reached at the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi last month.