{"id":907814,"date":"2026-05-23T13:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:13:51","slug":"france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"France and Kenya enter new partnerships in arts, sports, and technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/05\/12\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/05\/12\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/05\/12\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"mailto:?subject=France and Kenya enter new partnerships in arts, sports, and technology&#038;body=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/05\/12\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/05\/12\/france-and-kenya-enter-new-partnerships-in-arts-sports-and-technology\/\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\"><br \/>\n            <i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/images\/whatsapp_logo.png\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section>\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                      French President Emmanuel Macron, on the left, and Kenyan President William Ruto, on the right, in Nairobi, Kenya, 11 May 2026<br \/>\n                                                                                  <span>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> Copyright \u00a9 africanews <\/p>\n<p><span> Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-05-12 09:48:36\"><br \/>\n        <i><\/i><br \/>\n              <span>Last updated:<\/span><br \/>\n                                          12\/05 &#8211; 09:48<br \/>\n                            <\/time>\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<p>                                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/country\/kenya\/\"><br \/>\n                        Kenya<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/h4>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>French President Emmanuel Macron and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto on Monday announced new partnerships in arts and sports and emphasized the need to leverage Africa&#8217;s human capital abundance and France&#8217;s technological advancement to grow economies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two presidents met young people at Kenya&#8217;s University of Nairobi on the first day of the Africa Forward Summit and interacted with top African artists and athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Macron said tech solutions used by most countries come from the United States and China yet Africa and Europe could collaborate for stronger innovations.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think we have a common fight, a common battle together of investment, which is to build our strategic autonomy for Europe and Africa, and if we build it together, we will be much stronger,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto said Africa&#8217;s youthful and enterprising population was critical in ensuring technological advancements and called for partnerships.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have young people with the right skills,&#8221;<\/em> he told the audience.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have the right infrastructure in terms of internet connectivity and we have a very enterprising and entrepreneur population. So in my opinion, this is the space in which we are operating and I think every other country should be able to think in that direction because the future is about technology,&#8221;<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<p>                                Related articles<br \/>\n                                    <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span \n                data-original-string='wvFPc1ks9N8re1kDBAsVyg==7f4Kyv8HoFp+7oIzZ4wLb+slgBxEeJRSMMVMF6g3+I4sQU='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. 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