{"id":7651,"date":"2025-11-04T17:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=7651"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:07:43","slug":"kenya-hosts-milestone-electrotechnical-forum-as-africas-standards-drive-gains-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/kenya-hosts-milestone-electrotechnical-forum-as-africas-standards-drive-gains-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya hosts milestone electrotechnical forum as Africa\u2019s standards drive gains pace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000377289-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000377289-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000377289-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000377289-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000377289.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya welcomed a landmark gathering of global and continental standard-setting bodies this week, as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Africa Regional Centre (IEC\u2011AFRC) celebrated its 10th anniversary in Nairobi, alongside the inaugural Africa Electrotechnical Quality Infrastructure Week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) (KEBS) under the auspices of the Ministry of Investment, Trade &amp; Industry, the forum brought together government ministers, industry captains, standards-experts, and international delegates from across Africa and beyond. The two-day forum positioned Kenya as a hub for electrotechnical standardisation, conformity assessment and trade facilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A reflection on the decade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its establishment in 2015, the IEC-AFRC in Nairobi has served as a platform for Africa to engage within the IEC\u2019s global framework, to build capacity, and to elevate the continent\u2019s voice in electrotechnical standard-setting.<br>\u201cAt the frontline of the clean-energy transition and digital transformation, Africa must not only adopt global standards, we must define them,\u201d declared KEBS Managing Director Esther Ngari during her opening remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that over the past decade, Kenya and its regional peers have progressed from passive adopters to active contributors in the standards ecosystem. \u201cFor the past decade, the Centre has served as a hub for capacity building and knowledge transfer. It has ensured Africa\u2019s voice is heard in global standards-setting,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya welcomed a landmark gathering of global and continental standard-setting bodies this week, as the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7655,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651\/revisions\/7655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}