Kenyan Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua met with Xinhua News Agency President, Fu Hua in Nairobi on Thursday with both sides pledging to strengthen media cooperation.
Gachagua said this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya and China.
The two countries have steadily advanced practical cooperation and enjoyed increasingly close people-to-people exchanges.
The Kenyan Deputy President Gachagua said Kenya is exploring a partnership with Xinhua on enhancing cooperation in areas of data reporting, leveraging technology like artificial intelligence and other innovations to tell impactful stories, adding that the cooperation with Xinhua with both sides pledging to strengthen media cooperation.
Fu said Xinhua, the State news of China with a global reach has a long history of introducing China to Africa and covering African news to the world, contributing to stronger mutual understanding and people to exchanges between China and Africa.
“Xinhua will continue to cover Kenya’s development and the friendship between the countries, share with Kenyan media the experience on the application of artificial intelligence, big data and other emerging technologies in media coverage and strengthen win-win cooperation under multilateral platforms and frameworks for media exchanges such as the World Media Summit and the BRICS Media Forum.
Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, attended a meeting on the same day with director-general of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, on how to work together to enhance public awareness. – Zim Writer with Xinhua
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