The region's biggest conversation about youth jobs closes in Nairobi today.

The 3rd East African Employability Summit, EAES26, wraps up this afternoon at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, after two days of plenaries, panels, exhibitions and a Student Demo Day.

The theme is "Skills without Borders: Accelerating Integration through Skills and Labour Mobility in East Africa".

Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya officially opened the summit on Wednesday morning. Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua officially closes it today.

Day two ran four sessions: AI, Digital Transformation and Remote Work in the morning, Inclusive Employability at 11:30, Green Skills and Sustainable Employment at 14:30, and the official closing at 15:30.

The night is not over when the summit ends. The 4th Uongozi Career Awards Gala Dinner runs tonight at KICC from 7:00 p.m., and that is when the winners are revealed.

The results have stayed under seal. Voting closed on 4 November and the envelopes are only opened on stage tonight.

The awards drew 160 nominations across five categories. Among the finalists in the running tonight:

1. Karani Nkabu of Chuka University — Secretary/Director Academics of the Year

2. Scolar Odhiambo of Enact Youth Skills — Career Mentor of the Year

3. Alazka Keith Kipchumba of Chuka University — President/Chairperson of the Year

4. Kisakye Winniefred of Metropolitan International University, Uganda — Female Student Leader of the Year

5. Asante Africa Foundation — Foundation of the Year

The summit was built around campuses. The stakeholder workshop that shaped the programme was held on 21 October at Daystar University's Valley Road Campus, and Daystar Vice-Chancellor Prof. Laban Ayiro is among the speakers, alongside the University of Nairobi's Dean of Students, Johnson Ireri Kinyua, and USIU's Julian Ndombi.