Crowd disappointed not to see Obamapublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets:
Summary
Obama takes tough line against corruption in Kenya
Differs with President Kenyatta on gay rights
Praises dynamism of Kenyan business
"Africa is on the move," he says
Lays a wreath at site of bombing of US embassy
Says "I will be back" as a private citizen
Crowd disappointed not to see Obamapublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
Crowds seeking to glimpse Obamapublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC journalist tweets from the crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the US president:
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End of twitter postPresidents to meet now at State Housepublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
Reuters correspondent in Nairobi tweets:
Ruto will meet Obamapublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter tweets that Kenya's deputy president, who is currently on trial at the International Criminal Court on violence-related charges he denies, will meet President Obama later:
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End of twitter postObama lays wreathpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
White House reporter for The Associated Press tweets:
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End of twitter postKenyatta word-by-wordpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
Kenya's president tweets:
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End of twitter postTravelling by school buspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC producer in Nairobi tweets:
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End of twitter post'The president was cool'published at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC correspondent tweets after an entrepreneur meets President Obama at the Power Africa Innovation Fair:
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End of twitter postRecce for Obamapublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets on security activity before Mr Obama's vehicle, known as The Beast, passes by:
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End of twitter postObama flies to next eventpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter in Nairobi tweets
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End of twitter postIn their own voicespublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
Listen to the two presidents in their own voices, thanks to the BBC's Kelvin Brown, external who has uploaded their speeches to SoundCloud:
Nairobi's deserted streetspublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter tweets about the continued heightened security in the Kenyan capital for President Obama's visit:
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End of twitter postCorruption cartoonpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
The @gathara, external cartoon in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper makes a controversial point about alleged corruption as President visits the East African nation to promote entrepreneurship, which he said in his speech earlier was a way of to "push back against corruption":
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End of twitter postCan that tech start-up help me?published at 10:39 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC Monitoring
Janet OnyangoA Twitter user wondered how the tech start-up Hello Tractor, whose founder shared a stage with President Obama at the Global Enterprise Summit earlier this morning, could help his farming business:
'No breadcrumbs'published at 09:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC Monitoring
Janet OnyangoA Kenyan reacts to President Obama's call for greater support for women entrepreneurs:
Obama's speech in four tweets:published at 09:27 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
The US embassy's summary of President Obama's appearance at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi:
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End of twitter post 4'Fresh and futuristic'published at 09:27 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
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Janet OnyangoKenyans on Twitter have been live tweeting quotes from President Obama's speech at the opening of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. They have also been reacting to the brief panel discussion following the president's speech:
One Twitter user commented on President Obama's greeting in Sheng, a popular slang version of Kiswahili:
'Obama on top form'published at 09:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter tweets:
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End of twitter post'Young people need a chance'published at 09:09 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC reporter tweets with more comments from the US president:
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End of twitter postPresidents sit with entrepreneurspublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 25 July 2015
BBC correspondent tweets
BBC correspondent tweets from the business conference in the Kenya capital, with President Obama and President Kenyatta on stage with young business people:
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