Macron turns on the charm at the Africa Forward Summit as Paris eyes a regional reset

马克龙在非洲前进峰会上施展魅力,巴黎寻求地区重启

The Globalist

2026-05-12

58 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

Emmanuel Macron has kicked off his Kenya visit with a jog through Nairobi and cooking ugali as the Africa Forward Summit is hosted by an Anglophone country for the first time. After a series of setbacks in western parts of the continent, is Paris flexing softer diplomacy in Africa?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • Craft matters.

  • In small ways, like how a coffee is brewed.

  • And in not-so-small ways, like how your money is cared for.

  • Which is why for 160 years, UBS has elevated banking to a craft.

  • Tailoring unique strategies that combine human expertise with the latest technologies.

  • All happening across 24 time zones and 12 key financial hubs.

  • With you at the heart of it all.

  • UBS.

  • Advice is our craft.

  • You're listening to The Globalist, first broadcast on the 12th of May, 2026 on Monocle Radio.

  • The Globalist, in association with UBS.

  • Live from London, this is The Globalist.

  • I'm Chris Chermak.

  • Coming up.

  • I want to congratulate President Macron for having the courage to recalibrate the relationship between Africa and France.

  • Kenya's President Ruto welcomes France's Emmanuel Macron, who is on a charm offensive in Anglophone Africa.

  • We'll have the latest from the French and African perspectives.

  • After that.

  • I know I have my doubts.

  • And I know I need to prove them wrong, and I will.