Kenya is leveraging Chinese funding to educate a new generation of public policy experts, including economists, scientists, and engineers, to address a critical skills gap and accelerate its socio-economic development. This expanded scholarship program aims to prepare Kenyans to contribute to an industrialized, middle-income economy.

• More than 2,000 Kenyans have studied in China on fully funded scholarships since the 1980s, with an additional 52 students recently sent.
• The initiative aligns with Kenya's Vision 2030 and Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, as stated by Assistant Director Isabel Maithya from the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• The scholarships are part of China's broader strategy to enhance its soft-power influence and deepen human capital investments in East Africa, as highlighted by Zhang Zhizhong, Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China to Kenya.