Kenya: AfDB and Kenya Sign Agreements for Financing Infrastructure Projects

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Kenya on January 27th in Nairobi, Kenya signed loan and protocol grant agreements of US$97 million and US$120 million for… Read more »

Kenya: An Inclusive Business Workshop to Take Place in Nairobi on 29-30 October 2013

A workshop on "Private Investment and Job Creation" will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on 29-30 October 2013. Read more »

Kenya: First ADF Partial Risk Guarantee Approved in Kenya for Largest African Wind Power Project

The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved the Lake Turkana Transmission Line Delay Partial Risk Guarantee for €20 million, the first of the African Development… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia-Kenya Power Interconnection - Phases I and II - the Power of Regional Interconnection

Within the current global energy crisis, interconnecting the regional electric energy networks is the best alternative to transfer expensive thermal generation into regional as… Read more »

East Africa: The Menengai Project Kenya - Pioneering Geothermal Development in East Africa

In a country where 84% of the population does not have energy access and where the geothermal potential is among the greatest in the world, the Menengai geothermal steam field… Read more »

Kenya: Lake Turkana Wind Farm - Enhancing Access to Clean, Affordable Energy in Kenya

The Turkana Wind Power Project in Kenya will add 300MW to power generation capacity and will benefit Kenya by providing clean and affordable energy that will reduce the overall… Read more »

Kenya: Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Kenya

Nakuru, Kenya's fourth largest city is a major industrial and tourist center. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Us$1.26b Kenya - Ethiopia Electricity Highway

The African Development Bank today launched the 1,068-kilometre high-voltage electricity highway to be built between Kenya and Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Facilitates Energy Diversification and Access to Clean Energy With the Approval of a €115 Million Loan to Turkana Wind Power Project in Kenya

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved €115 million in financing for a wind power project in Kenya's Lake Turkana region. The project will add… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Reinforces Regional Integration Support

The African Development Bank has approved two loans totalling USD 232.5 million for the 157.5-kilometre road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in Kenya,… Read more »

East Africa: Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa (HoA), which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, has an estimated combined population of 210 million people and… Read more »

Africa: The Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program

The priority areas emanating from the study and selected by the Bank for intervention include: (i) Water Resources Infrastructure, (ii) Livestock Infrastructure, (iii) Markets and… Read more »

Africa: Malawi and Kenya Launch AfDB Financed Lilongwe West By-Pass Road Project

Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda and Kenyan President Mr. Mwai Kibaki, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, officially launched the construction of the ADF financed… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan University Celebrates Graduation of a New Pool of Science and Technology Students

On December 7, 2012, in a speech to the graduating class of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki thanked the African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: Green and Inclusive Project to Benefit the Horn of Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Group has approved US $125 million in funding for the first phase of a drought resilience project and provision of long-lasting… Read more »

Africa: Three Bank-Financed Projects Filmed for International Year of Sustainable Energy

Three major energy projects financed by the African Development Bank in Ouarzazate, Morocco; Menengai, Kenya; et Bujagali, Uganda; were featured in a film project which captured 25… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests in Kenya's Young Innovators

Last month's conclusion of the Appstar Challenge demonstrated that Kenyan youth are the driving force of the country's revolution in innovation and entrepreneurship. The African… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas

An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Kenya Sign Multi-Million Dollar Loan Agreement to Finance Hydroelectric Power Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the Government of Kenya amounting to millions of dollars to finance a major regional hydroelectric… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests $43.7 Million in Kenya's Higher Education Sector

The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Investing in Kenya's Teachers to Fight HIV/Aids

The education of Kenya's youth is being threatened by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by the disease shy away from schools due to social stigmas and lack of funds, while the country is… Read more »

Africa: The Winners - Beneficiaries of the Thika Superhighway

"I can now close my business late and reach home in good time to help my kids with their homework." - Norah, pharmacy owner Read more »

East Africa: AfDB-Funded Thika Superhighway - A Masterpiece for East Africa 'A National Pride' - President Mwai Kibaki

The 50-km Nairobi-Thika superhighway, described by Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki as a source of "national pride" during its launch on November 9, covers an area that lies within… Read more »

Africa: Launch of Flagship Road Project in Kenya - 'A Dream Realized'

The Presidents of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, have launched today "the most ambitious infrastructure project in Kenya's history": the… Read more »

Africa: Partners of Harmonization for Health in Africa Discuss Action Plans for High Quality, Affordable Healthcare and Implementation of Tunis Declaration

Partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative convened in Nairobi on October 4 and 5, as a follow-up to the recent Tunis Ministerial Conference for African… Read more »