President William Ruto urged a shift from aid to industrial growth in Africa-EU relations at the 7th African Union–European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola. He advocated for Africa to stop exporting raw materials and instead focus on innovation and finished goods, proposing a partnership built on mutual strengths.

• President Ruto called for genuine partnership based on mutual strengths, with Europe offering capital and technology, and Africa providing resources, a youthful population, and a growing market.
• He pressed for full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, a single market of 1.4 billion people, to deepen regional economic integration.
• President Ruto also called for accessible climate finance, reforms of the United Nations Security Council, and stronger action against illicit financial flows.