German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes a return to Africa this week on a three-day trip that will see him visit Ethiopia and Kenya.
Scholz, according to a statement by spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann, will begin his tour in Ethiopia Thursday where he is set to hold talks with PM Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde.
He will later visit the Africa Union (AU) offices, the focus being regional and international security.
AU currently headed by Moussa Faki brings together 55 member states from the continent and is headquartered in Addis Ababa.
Faki is currently leading the mediation on the Sudan conflict.
"The agenda will be on the fight against hunger and climate change, economic cooperation, peacekeeping, and managing conflicts as that currently taking place in Sudan," a statement read.
On Friday, Scholz will be in Kenya where he will meet his host President William Ruto for talks.
Partnership in the area of renewable energies is among the topics for discussion.
Germany considers Kenya to be a key economic partner.
Ruto was in Berlin on March 27, where he held trade and bilateral talks with Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries.
He was a keynote speaker at the 2023 Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue.
Kenya, Ruto stated, aspires to reach 100 per cent renewable energy in 2030 and to "take a quantum leap to 100 gigawatt grid size and 100 per cent renewable by 2040."
The plan involves promoting green manufacturing, sustainable agriculture, eco-friendly urbanization, and green transportation.
Scholz who is accompanied by various dignitaries has also been scheduled to visit the geothermal power plant in Naivasha.
The visit by the Chancellor to the continent is his second as the head of government.
In May last year, six months after assuming office, he travelled to Africa visiting Niger, Senegal and South Africa.
This underscores the efforts being undertaken by the West to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the region.
