Changing geopolitics, deals and new partnerships on the menu at Africa-France summit

French President Emmanuel Macron ​and more than 30 African leaders kicked off a summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at diversifying Paris' partnerships on the continent and clinching new investment deals. The Africa Forward Summit is the first France has organised in an ​English-speaking nation ‌since it began holding such events in the 1970s and follows a series of ⁠setbacks in former colonies in West Africa that have moved to reduce French influence.