The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group chief Akinwumi Adesina arrived in Kenya on Tuesday to begin a four-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with the Kenyan government and assess the progress of projects funded by the continental lender.
Adesina is later on Tuesday scheduled to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi as well as other senior government officials including the Minister for National Treasury and Planning, Ambassador Ukur Yatani Kanacho, who is also the African Development Bank Group’s Governor for Kenya.
He will also meet with members of the diplomatic corps, and representatives of the Bank’s international development partner countries to discuss opportunities for continued collaboration.
The AfDB started operations in Kenya in 1967. Accodring to the bank, by April 2022, it had committed a total of $6.3 billion to the country, mainly in the energy, transport, agriculture, and social sectors—health, education, water and sanitation—and in economic governance.
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Among the ongoing projects in Kenya funded by the AfDB are the Kenol-Sagana-Marua Highway Improvement Project, which is part of Kenya’s section of the Cape to Cairo trans-Africa highway, being upgraded to facilitate intra-Africa trade. The African Development Bank is co-financing the 84 km Kenyan segment of the highway with €178 million. Other financiers are the Africa Growing Together Fund (€31 million) and the Government of Kenya (€49 million).
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