Keynote: African influence on global security and climate justice: the case of Kenya

This keynote lecture will examine Kenyan and wider African positions on ongoing global security concerns and climate change. It will engage questions around neutrality and non-alignment and how this plays out in relation to conflicts in Africa, including Ethiopia, and other contexts, including Ukraine.

It will also engage debates and dialogues on climate change and climate justice, given Kenya's hosting of the 2023 Africa Climate Summit. 

This event is part of the African Leadership Centre's - Africa Week 2023 celebrations - taking place 6-10 March 2023.

This event is in-person only.

Speaker 

H.E. Ambassador Manoah Esipisu, High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya to the United Kingdom 

The High Commissioner studied Literature and Political Science at the University of Nairobi, followed by a graduate journalism programme. Starting his professional journey at Thomson Reuters, Mr Esipisu spent over a decade meeting and interviewing people from all walks of life, ranging from world leaders and business executives, to showbiz stars and ordinary people.

The High Commissioner revealed how he also “met calamity, atrocity and sadness covering the Somalia meltdown in the early 1990s, and several other wars, including the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. These events had a significant impact and put him firmly on the path to diplomacy. From Reuters, Mr Esipisu became Spokesperson for the Commonwealth Secretariat, bolstering his interaction with leaders and global issues of the day. Mr Esipisu is also a former Presidential Spokesperson.