NAIROBI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tennis superstar Serena Williams will visit Kenya later this week to open a school she has funded in collaboration with the Build African Schools Initiative and technology firm Hewlett Packard (HP).

    The world number three who will be accompanied by her mother Oracene arrives in Kenya on Thursday afternoon will officially open the school christened Serena Williams Secondary School which is located in Matooni, Makueni constituency near Sultan Hamud township in eastern Kenya on Friday.

    The school was built through partnership between the Build African Schools initiative - an American non profit making organization - and Hewlett Packard, the world's largest technology firm.

    Hewlett Packard, as part of its commitment to support education in developing countries, will install in each school a computer laboratory and classroom, laptop, printers, the World Wide Web, and facilitate training for the teachers and students.

    It is the first time for Ms Williams, who is ranked number three in the world, to visit Kenya.

    Patrick O'Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Build African Schools, said on Monday the objective of the NGO is to build primary and secondary schools in marginalized areas to give chance to students to access secondary school education in a bid to empower them.

    "We are indeed honored to have Ms Williams visit Kenya at this momentous time in American history when we have a new President elect who has roots in Kenya," said Dickson Mutaiti, Kenya Director of Projects Build African Schools.

    "During her visit, Williams will officially open a secondary school put up in her name, to give chance to needy primary school students who want to pursue secondary school education," he added.

    The school will give chance to hundreds of primary school pupils in the location to pursue secondary school education.

    The area suffers from high school drop out rate and most students are orphans due to the high HIV/Aids prevalence rate in the area.

    Build African Schools and HP have joined together since 2004 to help children in Africa have access to education.