International Finance Corporation — World Bank Group institution conducting research on digital technology adoption and regulatory frameworks across Africa.
… Other participants included representatives from the State Department for Agriculture and development partners such as the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JI …
… International Finance Corporation notes that the integration of ESG is becoming a major factor in determining the venture of investment into emerging economies, Kenya’s inclusive. …
… The International Finance Corporation has previously described crop-receipt finance and warehouse receipt systems as mechanisms capable of helping farmers access pre-harvest financing while improving liquidity across agricultural supply chains. …
… Also in attendance were representatives from the International Finance Corporation, infrastructure investment firms, commercial banks, insurance sector players, pension funds, legal and transaction advisory firms, development finance institutions, and private sector project spons …
… the leaders engaged were representatives from France, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Madagascar, Eswatini, Egypt, Chad, Comoros, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, as well as officials from the African Union Commission and the International Finance Corporation …
… The International Finance Corporation has previously described crop-receipt finance and warehouse receipt systems as mechanisms capable of helping farmers access pre-harvest financing while improving liquidity across agricultural supply chains. …
… Research by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation highlights that digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, achieve scale and impact only where enabling regulatory frameworks, institutional capacity, and investment environments are aligned. …
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11—Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, will visit Nairobi on May 11-12. …
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is considering using Kenya as a base to raise fresh capital from African investors for his sprawling industrial empire, including his giant new refinery, he said in a conversation with the head of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). …
The government has committed to expanding irrigation across the country through the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP) 2025–2035, which aims to expand irrigation by one million acres, optimise productivity in existing public schemes, strengthen farmer-led irrigation, and unlock greater private sector investment.
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Government's 10-year irrigation expansion plan addresses food security through substantial infrastructure investment across arid regions.
The government has committed to expanding irrigation across the country through the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP) 2025–2035, which aims to expand irrigation by one million acres, optimise productivity in existing public schemes, strengthen farmer-led irrigation, and unlock greater private sector investment.
The role of Kenya's Chief Financial Officers is shifting beyond traditional budgeting and reporting to include environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns alongside regulatory compliance, as investors and multinational partners increasingly demand accountability on carbon emissions, social impact, diversity, and governance practices.
Kenya is testing local-currency securitization of smallholder farm loans to attract institutional investors into agriculture. The move reflects a broader African shift to build financial infrastructure, including warehouse receipt systems and digital commodity registries, to standardize agricultural risk and make farm lending more investable at scale.
Spotify Sub-Saharan Africa Managing Director Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy spoke at the platform's Johannesburg event about royalties and the continent's music sector. The company revealed that South African artists generated more than Ksh.3.9 billion in royalties on Spotify in 2025.
Kenya's Public Private Partnership (PPP) portfolio has reached Sh1.7 trillion across 51 projects in infrastructure sectors including transport, energy, water, and digital connectivity. Ten projects are already under implementation while forty-one remain at various stages of the PPP project cycle, as the government seeks private sector participation to bridge infrastructure financing gaps.
President William Ruto has stepped up Kenya's diplomatic push for Justice Njoki Ndung'u to be elected as an ICC judge, introducing her to leaders from numerous African and international countries during the Africa Forward Summit. Kenya is seeking support from the 125 member states of the Rome Statute, emphasising Justice Ndung'u's legal experience and contributions to constitutional jurisprudence.
Kenya is using local-currency securitization and data-driven risk models to transform smallholder farm lending into a capital-markets asset class, aiming to attract institutional investors to agriculture. The move reflects a broader shift across Africa to build financial infrastructure—including warehouse receipt systems and digital commodity registries—to standardize and price agricultural risk for large-scale commercial capital.
Across Africa, AI adoption remains uneven and largely confined to pilots despite growing government and private sector momentum, with policy frameworks identified as the primary accelerator needed to achieve continental scale. Research by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation indicates that digital technologies, including AI, scale only where enabling regulatory frameworks, institutional capacity, and investment environments align.
Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation, will visit Nairobi on May 11–12 to lead the World Bank Group's delegation to the Africa Forward summit, which aims to deepen Africa–France partnerships and mobilize private-sector investment for sustainable development.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote is considering using Kenya as a base to raise fresh capital from African investors for his industrial empire, including his new refinery. He outlined plans to create an investment vehicle in Kenya that would allow African savers to pool funds and invest in Dangote Group companies.