Kenya

In Kenya, AFD is one of the main donors of the electricity sector, with more than 900 million EUR committed since the beginning of our activities in the country.

We finance public enterprise projects (such as KenGen, Kenya Power, Ketraco, or GDC) as well as private actors (through the SUNREF program) aiming at:

• developing renewable energies: wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectricity;
• improving energy efficiency and reducing consumption;
• strengthening the infrastructure of the electricity transmission and distribution network to meet rising energy demand;
• connecting new users to support the Kenyan government's goal of achieving universal access to electricity in the short term.

AFD also supports the government and the regulator in conducting strategic studies and supporting the preparation of sector reforms.

In the face of growing urbanization, AFD is supporting government measures to ensure that urban populations have access to more reliable water services. We also address the funding gap in the particular area of sanitation, paying particular attention to respect for the environment and the protection of water resources.

We intervene:

• in the strengthening of drinking water production and distribution facilities, sewage treatment and the optimization of network management by the operating companies (we intervened in the three largest cities of the country: Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu);
• in water management (by monitoring water discharges from the main cities around Lake Victoria).

AFD's actions focus on:

• airport improvement, renovation and expansion works;
• port capacity development to facilitate trade and improve freight transport in Kenya and at regional level;
• the construction or rehabilitation of rural roads;
• in the future, funding for urban mobility, promoting low-carbon systems that are resilient to the impacts of climate change.

We work in the fields of health, education and SMEs, through:

• funding of social health organizations;
• strengthening the skills of medical staff;
• support to university hospitals for a specialized offer;
• credit lines to banks to support investment in universities;
• the African Guarantee Fund guarantee fund as a shareholder;
• the ARIZ guarantee solution offered to banks.

To enable participatory management of biodiversity, existing protected areas and ecosystem valuation for the benefit of all, we finance:

• reforestation programs;
• technical assistance missions (elaboration of the national "Climate Plan");
• measures to combat global warming;
• adaptation of ecosystem services in rural areas;
• the valorization of natural products by local actors to generate income and develop sustainable tourism.