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WhatsAppLoginContact UsEnglishEnglishenFrançaisFrenchfr . HomeAbout KisumuAbout The SummitMediaNews & BlogPress RegistrationMedia ResourcesRegistrationBook Accommodation PackageSearch MenuMenu PreviousNext1239th AFRICITIES SUMMIT17 – 21 May 2022, Kisumu ,KenyaEarly Bird has been extended to 15th MayRegister NowBook AccomodationKenya Africities e-visa immigration WhatsApp number +254 720 584 698PreviousNext123456Kisumu, KenyaFor the first time ever, an intermediary city, Kisumu City – Kenya, will host the 9th Edition of Africities Summit, from the 17th to the 21st of May 2022. The theme for the 9th Edition is, ‘The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the implementation of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063’.Kisumu literally means a place of barter trade “sumo” in the Luo language and is locally called ‘Kisumo’. It was the major port of Lake Victoria during the commonwealth of East Africa, then known as Port Florence. The town was founded in the early 19th Century mainly as the main inland terminal of the Asian-built Uganda railway. Asians once formed a quarter of the population of the town, with cultural and infrastructural evidence of this visible to date.Read MoreAbout AfricitiesAfricities is a Pan Africa conference that is convened by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa’s (UCLG-A) and brings together the leadership of cities and sub national governments and their associations for the advancement of decentralization and local governance aimed at improving the living standards of the citizens.Africities Summits have been held every three years since 1998 when the first meeting was held in Abijan, Ivory Coast. Other Cities to host the summit include Johannesburg-South Africa, Dakar-Senegal and Marrakech-Morocco (twice).Register NowPreviousNext123456How to participateRegistrationBe an ExhibitorPress AccreditationBecome a sponsorOrganisersSubscribe here to receive the new Africities NewsletterInstitutional PartnersEvents/News Feed UCLG Africa and CitiIQ Announce Scoring of 60 Major African CitiesMay 7, 2022Africities Summit on May 17-21 to focus on challenges faced by…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Carte-.jpg534490Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-05-07 09:24:552022-05-07 09:29:26UCLG Africa and CitiIQ Announce Scoring of 60 Major African CitiesAfricities Explained To Youth!May 7, 2022As part of the communication actions around the Africities 9…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/africities_summit_kisumu_kenya.jpeg5001500Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-05-07 09:21:002022-05-07 09:21:00Africities Explained To Youth!The “Vox Pop” capsule of the 9th edition of the Africities SummitMay 7, 2022As part of the communication actions around the Africities 9…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/medium_logo-plateforme.png160369Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-05-07 08:59:152022-05-07 09:09:40The “Vox Pop” capsule of the 9th edition of the Africities SummitAfricities 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya: We are There!April 22, 2022Organized every 3 years over a 5-day period, alternately in the…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Jean-Pierre-Elong-Mbassi-Secretary-General-UCLG-Africa.jpg418497Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-04-22 12:20:132022-04-22 12:20:13Africities 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya: We are There!Road to Africities 9: The big interview with… M. Sule Salifu, Mayor de Tamale (Ghana): “This Summit must be an avenue for sharing experience and best practices among the leadership of the various cities “April 1, 2022In the run-up to the Africities 9 summit scheduled for 17 to…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Eng_Road_to_africities9.png7031751Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-04-01 14:55:582022-04-01 14:55:58Road to Africities 9: The big interview with… M. Sule Salifu, Mayor de Tamale (Ghana): “This Summit must be an avenue for sharing experience and best practices among the leadership of the various cities “Road to Africities 9: The big interview with…Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor of Kisumu County (Kenya): “We may have to come up with a common understanding at the continental level on how to restructure our cities “March 17, 2022In the run-up to the Africities 9 summit scheduled for 17 to…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Governeur-de-Kisumu-bis.jpg404647Thando Ngwenyahttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Thando Ngwenya2022-03-17 15:06:512022-03-22 10:11:35Road to Africities 9: The big interview with…Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor of Kisumu County (Kenya): “We may have to come up with a common understanding at the continental level on how to restructure our cities “Road to Africities 9: The big interview with…Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaoeun (Morocco): “We must understand that intermediary cities are the solution”January 3, 2022In the run-up to the Africities 9 summit scheduled for 17 to…Read morehttps://africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Africities-Sefiani.jpg626418Alvinhttps://kisumu.africities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/afri-eng-1-e1633531486969-300x225.png Alvin2022-01-03 08:43:172022-01-03 08:49:42Road to Africities 9: The big interview with…Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaoeun (Morocco): “We must understand that intermediary cities are the solution”PreviousNextTweets by Africites Leadership Faculty“Am delighted to formally announce that Kisumu City will play host to the largest Africities  Summit ever hosted in Kenya.”President Uhuru KenyattaPresident of the Republic of Kenya“Kisumu hosts the most memorable Summit that is expected to record the highest delegates turnout.”Prof. Anyang Nyong’oGovernor, Kisumu County“This high presidential attention sends a strong signal to local African and international economic and institutional operators to take part in this flagship event of territorial Africa…”Jean-Pierre ELONG MBASSISec. 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