This week sees Nairobi hosts the 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The (MC) meetings take place every two years and are the main decision-making forum of the WTO. This is the first time that a ministerial conference is being held in Africa and it’s expected that ministers from all 162 WTO member states will attend.

Alongside the WTO at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) are a few other related events being run concurrently at hotels near the MC10 venue. These include:

• The International Forum on Women in Business Forum
• (The) Trade and Development Symposium
• UNCTAD & the Government of Kenya high-level meetings.