Kenya hosts China-Africa economic trade expo amid growing Sino-African ties

STORY: Kenya hosts China-Africa economic trade expo amid growing Sino-African ties SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expo 2. various of delegations 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG QINGBIN, Vice president of Sany Group and Chairman of Sany Africa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TITO MUTAI, Businessman, Kenya 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FREDRICK MUKILYA, Official, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry 6. various of the expo STORYLINE: The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Africa (Kenya) 2024 kicked off on Thursday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as trade and investment between the two sides continue to expand. The three-day event in Kenya attracted a high-level delegation from central China's Hunan Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG QINGBIN, Vice president of Sany Group and Chairman of Sany Africa "The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo is very meaningful for Chinese enterprises to

1st Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concludes in Nairobi

STORY: 1st Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concludes in Nairobi SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALCINDA PEREIRA, Chairperson of Africa Business Aviation Association STORYLINE: The first Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concluded on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The two-day meeting brought together more than 200 participants from the United Nations, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and senior government and private sector officials from across Africa to discuss ways to increase climate finance in Africa. Winnie Chepkemoi Mutai, the AfDB's climate finance specialist, said Africa receives climate finance amounting to about 250 billion U.S. dollars annually, which is about 10 percent of the figure required to combat climate change. "The continent needs to attract mo

Berlin marathon

Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai (L) finishes in 2:04:15 to win the Berlin Marathon 2012 in the German capital on Sept. 30, 2012. Compatriot Dennis Kimetto (R) came in second.

LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

Shunsuke Mutai, parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister, inspects the Typhoon Lionrock-hit northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 1, 2016. Opposition parties have lambasted the Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker after he admitted crossing a puddle on the back of a staffer as he did not wear appropriate boots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan replaces parliamentary vice minister over repeated gaffes

Japan replaces parliamentary vice minister over repeated gaffes

An undated photo shows Japanese parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister Shunsuke Mutai. The government accepted the resignation of Mutai and appointed Yasumasa Nagasaka as his successor on March 10, 2017. Mutai was cautioned in September 2016 for being carried across a puddle in a typhoon-hit area but made light of the gaffe six months later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lawmaker who piggybacked over puddle in hot water again

Lawmaker who piggybacked over puddle in hot water again

Undated file photo shows Shunsuke Mutai, Japan's parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister who was cautioned last September for being carried over a puddle when he visited the site of deadly flooding in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate. Muto was given a firm caution by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and disaster management minister Jun Matsumoto on March 9, 2017, for joking at a fundraising party for himself the previous night that the "boot industry really made some money" as a result of his blunder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan says will push territorial claim, draws protest from S. Korea

Japan says will push territorial claim, draws protest from S. Korea

Shunsuke Mutai, parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister, gives a speech at an annual "Takeshima Day" ceremony in the city of Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2017, to push Japan's claim to a pair of South Korean-administered islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016, that he has cautioned a parliamentary vice minister for taking a piggyback ride over a puddle left after deadly flooding triggered by Typhoon Lionrock during his Sept. 1 visit to the town of Iwaizumi. Suga said he had told Shunsuke Mutai of the Cabinet Office to perform his duties with sensitivity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo