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What happened: high-level week
All days
50
Before the week
2
Tue 8 Sept
1
Sun 20 Sept
1
High-level week
38
Mon 21 Sept
8
Tue 22 Sept
10
Wed 23 Sept
8
Thu 24 Sept
7
Fri 25 Sept
1
Sat 26 Sept
2
Mon 28 Sept
2
After the week
2
Wed 30 Sept
1
Sat 31 Oct
1
Coming up
5
Tue 24 Nov
1
Fri 1 Jan 2027
1
Wed 27 Jan 2027
1
Mon 31 May 2027
1
Wed 30 Jan 2030
1
Date not stated
3
21 Sept 2026
High-level week
Ruto meets Aliko Dangote and AFC CEO Samaila Zubairu on Lamu refinery financing
Bilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Ruto and Finland's Stubb co-chair AI Middle Powers Coalition meeting
Multilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya and Stanford's Hoover Institution sign five-year collaboration on AI and data governance
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
Kenya co-hosts Partners for Multilateralism Summit during UN General Assembly High-Level Week
Multilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Ruto meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: AGOA, critical minerals, AI, security
Bilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Ruto addresses AFC 'Africa We Build' roundtable on domestic capital
Investor roundtable
Stage 2: Discussion
Thigo moderates Unstoppable Africa panel on capturing value in Africa's digital economy
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Ruto endorses "A Call for Control of Frontier AI Models"
Policy dialogue
Stage 3: Intent
22 Sept 2026
High-level week
Dangote East Africa Refinery, Lamu (Dangote, AFC)
Project
Stage 7: Procurement
Ruto convenes CAHOSCC on Africa's common position for COP31 and COP32
Multilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya and Solomon Islands establish diplomatic relations
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
Kenya and Norway co-host UNGA clean cooking event; Kenya presents US$600 million clean cooking opportunity
Side event
Stage 3: Intent
Ruto addresses UN meeting on children's rights and protection in the age of AI
Side event
Stage 1: Signal
Ruto meets Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on trade and investment
Bilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Dangote Group engages Engineers India as PMC and EPCM consultant for Lamu refinery (over $450m)
Project update
Stage 7: Procurement
Kenya joins Anthropic's "The Briefing: AI for Global Benefit"
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya joins WEF discussion on AI, competition and shared sovereignty
Policy dialogue
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya and Intel partner on AI literacy through public libraries
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
23 Sept 2026
High-level week
Kenya and Anthropic sign Joint Declaration on AI cooperation
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
NIFC Africa and New Wind Ventures agree to pilot a Swiss–Kenya capital markets link
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
Kenya launches urban climate resilience (BCRUP) instruments at UNGA 81
Side event
Stage 3: Intent
Kenya presses for standards to measure AI's environmental impact at CODES roundtable
Roundtable
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya joins UNGA meeting on independent AI evaluation
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Thigo keynotes launch of iamtheCODE's Women in AI Network
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya and UNESCO discuss a planned US$10 million programme on education, AI and skills
Bilateral meeting
Stage 3: Intent
Ruto addresses the UN General Assembly General Debate
General debate
Stage 2: Discussion
24 Sept 2026
High-level week
Kenya co-hosts AI Safety Connect's "Governing at the Speed of AI" at UN Headquarters
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya co-hosts "People, Power and AI: Critical Choices Ahead" with the UN Foundation
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya co-hosts UN dialogue on democratic agency over AI with the Netherlands and the UK
Side event
Stage 2: Discussion
Ruto meets FIFA President Infantino on football infrastructure, including a Mombasa stadium
Bilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
Kenya's Ministry of Health at the US–Chamber of Commerce dialogue on the America First Global Health Strategy
Policy dialogue
Stage 2: Discussion
AfroFrequency coalition on Africa's technology future launches in New York
Project launch
Stage 3: Intent
Ruto meets NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum on basketball, Railway City arena and Kasarani
Bilateral meeting
Stage 2: Discussion
25 Sept 2026
High-level week
Ruto tours Dangote refinery in Lagos ahead of Lamu groundbreaking
Private sector meeting
Stage 3: Intent
26 Sept 2026
High-level week
Kenya and UNIDO sign Programme for Country Partnership 2026–2030
Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement
Thigo is lead discussant at Open Society roundtable on human dignity in the age of AI
Roundtable
Stage 2: Discussion
28 Sept 2026
High-level week
TCS sovereign cloud goes live in Kenya, hosted by iXAfrica with Sybyl
Project launch
Stage 9: Operational
Kenya signs the Digital Cooperation Organization Charter as a Signatory Member
Signing ceremony
Stage 4: Agreement