Poland in Kenya

The event was attended by delegates from nearly twenty Polish companies representing inter aila the agricultural, construction and interior design, legal consulting, IT, waste management sectors as well as many other business branches. Also present were dozens of representatives from Kenya's private sector and administration. The Polish delegation was headed by the president of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Andrzej Dycha. The seminar was opened by the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland H.E. Mirosław Gojdź, who delivered the keynote speech, and by guest of honor Kenya Investment Authority Managing Director John Mwendwa, who presented the advantages of the Kenyan market as a stable and developing place friendly to foreign investors. The first part of the event also saw a presentation by the head of the PAIH office in Nairobi, Łukasz Słoniowski, on the offer of companies present at the event, and a presentation by the president of the Kenya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kiprono Kittonye, on the advantages of investing in the Kenya Stock Exchange.

In the second part of the event, Trade Counsellor of the European Union Delegation in Nairobi, Filippo Amato, presented details of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) singed in 2023 between the EU and Kenya as an agreement ensuring competitive advantages for EU member states companies operating on the Kenyan market. At the same time he emphasized the Polish contribution to the synergy of Team Europe activities, in the context of the EU-Kenya Business Forum held on 12-13.05. There was also a presentation of Equity Bank's offer delivered by the company's representative Patricia Jannack, addressed to entrepreneurs considering making their first investments on the African continent. After the lunch break, a B2B session took place, during which the guests present at the forum had the opportunity to establish mutual direct contacts.

The forum, attended by a total of about 100 guests, was an opportunity to establish as well as to deepen existing business contacts, and to present Poland as both as a country interested in it’s private sector expansion into the Kenyan and East African market, and as a country providing a wide range of high-quality services and products and advanced technologies.