While co-hosting Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015 with his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairobi, US President Barack Obama has praised Africa for its economic advancements, calling it "one of the fastest growing regions in the world".
Obama said that "Africa is on the move." He said that "People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up, the middle class is growing and young people like you are harnessing technology to change the way Africa is doing business," he told the summit.
.@POTUS: 'I wanted to be here because Africa is on the move' #GES2015Kenya http://t.co/FEHjmCeUa5
— Department of State (@StateDept) July 25, 2015
Obama also praised entrepreneurs saying that "Entrepreneurship is 'the spark of prosperity."
President Obama: Entrepreneurship is 'the spark of prosperity' #GES2015Kenya http://t.co/FN8RmVcwZ4
— Department of State (@StateDept) July 25, 2015
The two days long Summit is 6th of its kind and was first inaugurated by Obama five years back in the US.Obama's presence to the summit was hugely appreciated by attendees of the summit and there was overwhelming enthusiasm among the participants.
“You don’t have to look a certain way or be of a certain faith or have a certain last name to have a good idea” - Obama #GES2015Kenya
— Daily Nation (@dailynation) July 25, 2015
