President of World Bank Jim Yong Kim arrived in Cairo on Tuesday on his first visit to Egypt to take part in the third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit that will open in Sharm el Sheikh on Wednesday.

The international institution official will meet with a number of Egyptian officials on the sidelines of the event.

He will head to Sharm el Sheikh on Wednesday, where he will deliver a speech before the summit.

After the summit, he will pay a visit to Luxor to inspect a number of social projects that target poor areas.