Oil company,Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Kenya, and the Nairobi Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) have signed an MoU to develop joint initiatives around their areas the work.
The two firms are set to identify possible collaboration opportunities in the areas of agriculture and value-chain development, environment, health, vocational training and education, and access to /green energy and innovation.
The four-year agreement promotes and strengthens the Italian system abroad and fits in Eni’s and AICS strategy to leverage public-private partnerships, which the United Nations indicate as a key tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
The agreement will allow Eni Kenya and AICS in Kenya to identify and develop future collaboration projects, in accordance with the Government of Kenya’s strategic objectives for social development and in line with their respective actions in the Country.
Eni has been present in Kenya since 2013 with offshore Oil & Gas exploration activities in the Lamu Basin, and with industrial models of fully-integrated circular economy along the bio-fuel production value chain.
The AICS Nairobi Office has a long-standing experience in the Country and a large network with other Cooperation Agencies, Civil Society Organizations as well as Organizations of the United Nations System.
