Kenya to benefit from G7-backed financial reforms, Ruto says

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President William Ruto arriving in Évian-les-Bains, France for the G7 Summit. [PCS]

Kenya is set to benefit from G7-backed reforms in global finance, including guarantees, risk-sharing instruments, and improved debt restructuring frameworks, following three days of high-level talks at the G7 Summit in Evian, France, President William Ruto has said.

Through a press statement issued after the summit held from June 15 to 17, 2026, Ruto said Kenya’s participation had helped advance key reforms aimed at lowering the cost of capital for developing countries and unlocking private investment flows into infrastructure, health, and financial systems.

At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, President Ruto represented Kenya at the summit not as an observer, but as an agenda-shaping partner, aligning African priorities previously articulated at the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi in May 2026.