Every year, Kenya’s calendar is filled with flashy conferences and summits. Themed around topics like sustainability, digital transformation, youth empowerment, and innovation, these events draw high-profile speakers, significant sponsorship from leading companies, and hundreds of attendees well-dressed for the occasion.
However, despite their glamour, these conferences often become little more than social rituals, elaborate productions that lack substantial value. We gather in upscale venues, nodding through rehearsed speeches, participating in panel discussions that often reiterate familiar ideas.
