TEHRAN – Iran Ambassador to Kenya Jafar Barmaki on Sunday said that Iran is ready for sharing its successful experience of knowledge-based companies with Kenya, and provides a platform for exchanging tech ideas and facilitate bilateral trade cooperation.
In an online meeting with Iranian businessmen and their Kenyan counterparts, Barmaki said that in January 2021, Iran opened a permanent innovation center in Kenya to facilitate export to Eastern Africa for Iranian knowledge-based enterprises.
The Iranian House of innovation and Technology (HIT) opened with the presence of Vice President of Science and Technology Sourena Sattari and ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs of Kenya Joseph Mucheru, and President of Kenya’s Chamber of Commerce Richard Ngatia in the refurbished previous building of the Iranian Embassy in Nairobi.
The Iranian embassy in Kenya will introduce the country’s business opportunities to companies interested in cooperation, we considered cooperation programs in specialized fields, and in this regard, the first Kenyan commercial delegation to Iran visited Iran, the next delegation will visit soon, Iran in the field of medical equipment, he added.
The Iranian ambassador to Kenya, in this meeting, added that Iran has programs to introduce investment opportunities to the tradesmen in Kenya, and in this regard, the Iranian Economic Processing Area as a field of cooperation between the two countries completed and will be active soon.