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Public Finance, Governance, Justice and Development: Keynote Address by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President and Chairman, Boards of Directors, African Development Bank Group at the 2025 Kenya Law Society Conference - August 15, 2025

Public financing stands at the heart of the African Development Bank Group’s commitment to advancing accountable governance, sustainable development, and national resilience

PROTOCOLS Honorable Chief Justice of Kenya, Chief Justice Martha Koome, Distinguished Judges of the Supreme Court, President of the Kenya Law Society, Mrs. Faith Odhiambo,  Committee Members of the Kenya Law Society, Esteemed Judges, Respected Members of the Bar, Learned Friends and Partners in Development, Members of the Press, Distinguished…

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    • Rule of law is Africa’s new gold: African Development Bank Group's (AfDB’s) Adesina calls for bold legal and governance reforms to unlock prosperity
    • Dr. Adesina delivers the final keynote address, culminating the 3-day Kenya Law Society Annual Conference 2025 to a standing-room-only hall, in Kwale County, Nairobi
    • “Justice and development are not parallel paths; they are converging tracks toward inclusive growth,” Adesina said during his speech, highlighting the linkage between the two
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Rule of law is Africa’s new gold: African Development Bank Group's (AfDB’s) Adesina calls for bold legal and governance reforms to unlock prosperity

He challenged Africa’s lawyers, judges, and arbitrators to rise as “guardians of promise and stewards of destiny” by enforcing constitutional safeguards on public finance

“When Africa stands for the rule of law, the world will stand with Africa,” the President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has told more than 1,200 lawyers, judges, and government officials attending the Kenya Law Society’s 2025 Annual Conference. Delivering the closing keynote, title Public…

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    • Group photo from the AfAC Taxonomy Workshop, bringing together experts to advance a unified green finance framework for Africa
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Africa’s Financial Industry Validates the Continental Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

The Taxonomy provides standardized definitions of activities that contribute to sustainable development, enabling financial institutions to direct capital toward climate-smart and socially responsible investments

Africa’s financial sector has taken a major step toward aligning with global climate and sustainability goals with the validation of a continent-wide Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.  The groundbreaking framework, the first of its kind for Africa, was endorsed by regulators, commercial banks, insurance firms, and development finance institutions in Nairobi on…

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    • 115,000 ECOA induction cookers will be distributed to households across Kenya, Zambia, and Uganda with support from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
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African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) supports electric cooking expansion across three African nations

This program makes clean cooking appliances more affordable and accessible by prefinancing induction cookers and recovering costs through carbon credit sales in the voluntary market

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), is tackling charcoal dependence in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a $4 million reimbursable grant. This grant will fund the Burn Electric Cooking Expansion Program (BEEP), deploying 115,000 Burn ECOA Electric Induction Cookers to provide…

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    • An artificial intelligence engineer at Neotex.ai registers livestock using the Halisi Livestock app (courtesy of Neotex.ai)
    • Animal identity fraud detected by facial recognition using the Halisi Livestock app (courtesy of Neotex.ai)
    • Jenny Ambukiyenyi Onya, co-founder of Neotex.ai, the start-up that created the Halisi Livestock app (courtesy of Neotex.ai)
    • Livestock farmers who have received microloans thanks to the Halisi Livestock app herd their sheep and cattle in Kajiado County, Kenya (courtesy of Neotex.ai)
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World Youth Skills Day: For Jenny Ambukiyenyi Onya, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming African women livestock farmers’ herds into a source of finance

The company she founded, Neotex.ai, has rolled out its services in new rural areas in Kenya, registering more than 1,250 head of livestock and proving the viability of its model

A dirt road in Kenya. Heavy heat shimmers over the surrounding savannah. A loan officer approaches a herd of cattle and pulls out a smartphone. Standing next to the owner, a woman with a proud yet cautious gaze, he photographs an animal. Hundreds of miles away, an artificial intelligence algorithm…

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    • Senegal and Kenya Top African Development Bank’s Electricity Regulatory Index, as Regulators Drive Tangible Reforms
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Senegal and Kenya Top African Development Bank’s Electricity Regulatory Index, as Regulators Drive Tangible Reforms

For the first time, the 2024 ERI also assessed regional regulatory bodies, recognizing their growing role in harmonizing technical standards and enabling cross-border electricity trade

Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) (www.AfDB.org), demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector governance and regulatory outcomes. The comprehensive assessment, officially unveiled today at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town, evaluates regulatory frameworks across 43 African countries. …

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    • Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank Group President, delivers the keynote address for the Scaling Finance for Smallholder Farmers in Africa Conference, held 17-18 March 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya
    • Vice President for Agriculture, Human ad Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, pushed for a collaborative approach amongst partners to achieve a common goal during her opening remarks, on 17 March 2015
    • African Development Bank mulls $500 million facility to mobilize financing for smallholder farmers
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African Development Bank Mulls $500 Million Facility to Mobilize Financing for Smallholder Farmers

The Bank has approved 77 projects valued at $3.9 billion to support the implementation of Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts across 32 countries, with an additional $1.72 billion in planned approvals this year

African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has announced plans to launch a $500 million facility designed to unlock $10 billion in financing for smallholder farmers and small agribusiness enterprises across Africa.  Speaking at the High-Level Conference on Scaling Finance for Smallholder Farmers in Nairobi, Adesina revealed that…

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    • Dr. Akinwumi Adesina receives the prestigious honor of the Chief of the Order of Golden Heart from Kenyan President Dr. William Samoei Ruto (1)
    • Dr. Akinwumi Adesina receives the prestigious honor of the Chief of the Order of Golden Heart from Kenyan President Dr. William Samoei Ruto (2)
    • “I am proud of the journey we started together ten years ago; I can see its fruits. Kenyans can feel its benefits,” President Ruto told Adesina who was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Grace Yemisi Adesina
    • “Since I was elected President, the Bank has financed a total of 57 projects, with total financing commitment of $4.44 billion
    • “Dr Adesina transformed the African Development Bank into a globally recognized institution for financial innovation and development impact and under his leadership, the Bank’s general capital grew from $93 billion to $318 billion”
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Kenya’s President Ruto awards African Development Bank’s Adesina highest national honour

Dr Adesina becomes the 20th recipient of the honour that was established in 1967 and first awarded to Kenya’s founding father and former President, H.E. Jomo Kenyatta

“I am proud of the journey we started together ten years ago; I can see its fruits. Kenyans can feel its benefits,” President Ruto “What a great honour! What a rare privilege! What a historic recognition!” Adesina Kenya’s President H.E. William Samoei Ruto has conferred the country’s highest honour, Chief…

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    • Mano River Union delegation with women traders on the Busia border (in pink)
    • A Liberian woman trader (in jacket) engages the One-Stop-Border point management on the Kenya side
    • A delegation of the study tour, comprising women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as representatives from the African Development Bank at the One-Sto- Border-Post in Busia
    • Bank and BIBEST project staff engaging a Kenyan female mechanic, who is also a cross border trader in Busia
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Mano River Union Delegation Studies Successful Border Post Model to Enhance Women’s Cross-Border Trade

The delegation held discussions with Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, the National AfCFTA Committee, TradeMark Africa, Busia Border management authorities, and local women cross-border traders

A Mano River Union (MRU) delegation recently concluded a successful study tour of the ‘Busia One Stop Border Post’ (OSBP) between Kenya and Uganda, gaining valuable insights into efficient cross-border trade systems that benefit women traders. The tour brought together women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone,…

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    • The electricity highway between Ethiopia and Kenya represents a technological advance for electricity transmission
    • The project is a model of sustainability, allowing better integration of wind power, Solar and hydroelectricity into regional networks
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East Africa: The Ethiopia-Kenya Electricity Highway is Shaping Regional Connectivity with the Support of the African Development Bank

This high voltage DC infrastructure is the only one of its kind in the region and is the foundation of East Africa’s ambition to be interconnected in terms of power exchange and allow cross-border trade in energy

The electricity highway between Ethiopia and Kenya, officially opened in 2023 after more than 10 years of planning and construction, is redefining energy connectivity in East Africa. It is more than a piece of infrastructure, it is an economic and environmental entity, connecting not just power grids but nations and…