Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is currently on official visit to Russia and China. He is expected to hold discussions with business leaders interested in Kenya’s emerging role as a new frontier for oil and gas and mineral wealth, CEOAFRICA.com gathered.

The President will also discuss on new investment areas, with growth in innovation and technology. He is accompanied by First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.

According to a release from the presidency, the Kenyan leader will discuss business and investment issues, as he is expected to sign framework agreements on a power transmission project for Nairobi and a Memorandum of Understanding on environmental protection between the Ministry of Environment Protection of the Peoples’ Republic of China and Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, as well as review a number of projects currently under discussion between Kenya and China. The government is further seeking financing for s $2.5bn standard-gauge railway from the port of Mombasa to Uganda and a $1.8bn dam.