Macron in Kenya for summit showcasing Paris’s business ties with Africa

rss · France 24 2026-05-11T09:56:50Z en
To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Issued on: 11/05/2026 - 11:56 French President Emmanuel Macron ​and more than 30 African leaders kicked off a summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at diversifying Paris' partnerships on the continent and clinching new investment deals. During a state visit on ​Sunday, Macron announced that French shipping group CMA CGM planned to invest 700 million ‌euros to modernise a terminal at the Kenyan port of Mombasa. FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti reports from Nairobi, Kenya.
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