Kenya: Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and the Creative Economy, Ababu Namwamba met the Mayor of Abobo, Cote d I’voire. Mayor Kandia Camara and Cabinet Secretary Namwamba discussed possible areas of partnership in sports and the creatives.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and the Creative Economy has been dedicated to the development of the sports and creative economy. The Cabinet Secretary has hosted several meetings with national and international partners to further the minister’s mandate.
The Mayor of Abobo, Cote d I’voire is also the President of the senate of the Cote d I’voire. The meeting of the country. The governor was in the company of the French Ambassador to Cote d I’voire Jean-Christophe Belliard during the meeting.
Other attendants of the meeting representatives from Agora WinWin Afrique led by President Regis Charpentier. The Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Creative Economy was happy to be in the company of the international partners.
Meanwhile, the Ministry took the opportunity to share the glimpses of the meeting on their social media account. The officials have shared that the meeting was successful and will help many youngsters benefit from their sporting or creative talent.
Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba noted that the Agora model presented a perfect platform for the youth to nurture their talents, lauding the cooperation between France and Côte d’Ivoire, which has enabled the establishment of Agora facilities, and reaffirmed Kenya’s intent to replicate such in Kenya.
While touring the Agora Abobo facility, now transformed into an AFCON’23 fanzone, the CS observed that the transformation was similar to Kenya’s #HustlaVillage, which provided the locals with a platform to trade, leveraging the pull of sports.
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Ababo thanked the CS for the visit, committing to explore areas of partnership in sports and creatives for the youth of Abobo and Kenya.
The Agora model seeks to fusion sports and the creatives to create unmatched experiences for users.