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Sh75b of deals signed on global summit’s day one

By Frankline Sunday | 10yrs ago

From left: General Electric (GE) Africa President Jay Ireland, Overseas Private Investment Corporation CEO Elizabeth Littlefield, Weber Shandwick Chairman Jack Leslie and GE Sales Director for sub-Saharan Africa Deo Onyango when they announced a partnership with Kipeto Energy to construct a 100 megawatt wind power project in Kajiado County.[PHOTO: ANDREW KILONZI/STANDARD]

Kenya’s economy stands to win big after investors, government ministries and entrepreneurs signed more than Sh75 billion worth of deals at the first day of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) yesterday.

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