The State of Bavaria East Africa Office in Kenya was delighted to welcome representatives from MAN Truck & Bus SE and MOBIKEY Kenya for a productive courtesy visit focused on strengthening business cooperation and exploring new opportunities in East Africa's rapidly evolving transport and mobility sector.
We were pleased to host:
- Hadi Zamani – 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 & 𝐵𝑢𝑠
- Tony Voorhout – 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 & 𝐵𝑢𝑠 / 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑦
- Leakey Tom – 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑦𝑎
The delegation was received by Dagmar von Bohnstein, 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, together with George Warutere, Deputy Head of Services Division & Senior Project Manager – Market Entry and Business Development, and Ken Njoroge, 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡.
The discussions focused on East Africa's growing mobility and transport landscape, opportunities for market expansion, sustainable transport solutions, and the role of strategic partnerships in driving innovation and economic growth across the region.
As East Africa continues to invest in modern infrastructure and sustainable mobility, collaboration between Bavarian companies and regional partners will be instrumental in delivering innovative solutions that support trade, connectivity, and long-term economic development.
A sincere thank you to the MAN Truck & Bus SE and MOBIKEY teams for the insightful discussions. We look forward to building on this engagement and fostering even stronger business links between Bavaria and East Africa.