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As US President Barack Obama makes his historic visit to Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), Kenyans, and indeed the world, will be watching keenly. This is because this particular GES is fundamentally different from the ones before it.
The thing that prominently stands out about this year's GES 2015 is the choice of Kenya as the destination for the event. It adds a refreshing twist to the event's five-year history. None of the past five GES events have been held in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) before. Past events have instead taken entrepreneurs to the US, Turkey, UAE, Malaysia and Morroco, but not SSA. The choice of Kenya for this year's summit therefore underscores the fact that Africa, and Kenya in particular, has become a centre for innovation and entrepreneurship.
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