White House Week

President Barack Obama holds a multilateral meeting on South Sudan and counterterrorism issues with Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, the African Union and Uganda, at the Sheraton Addis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This week, President Obama became the first American President to visit Kenya. He attended the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit and to meet with leaders from government, business, and civil society. The trip reinforced the U.S. commitment to expanding economic growth and trade, strengthening democracy on a global scale, and investing in the next generation of African leaders.

He delivered remarks at the Safaricom Indoor Arena in Nairobi before travelling to Ethiopia for multilateral meetings.



You can watch President Obama's remarks to the African Union below.