Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto and his Côte d’Ivoire counterpart Alassane Ouattara at State House, Nairobi, on May 10, 2026. [PCS] When motorcades began rolling into the city over the weekend, most eyes were fixed on the obvious headliners, French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu. But tucked within that constellation of continental power was a figure whose quiet diplomatic weight is easy to underestimate. Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire touched down at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday, and from the moment he arrived, he hit the ground running. The inaugural Africa Forward Summit, co-hosted…