Keith Hansen

The Cabinet Secretary for @MOH_Kenya, H.E. @Nakhumicha_S, alongside IGAD's Executive Secretary, H.E. @DrWorkneh, the Director General of @ECSA_HC, Prof. @YDambisya, Country Director of @WorldBank in Kenya, @Hansen_WB, and Honorable Ministers of Health representing the participating countries, have launched the Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Programme for East and Southern Africa. This program aims to strengthen sustained, comprehensive, and transformational impact on both health emergency preparedness/response and resilience using the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA). #HEPRR_Launch #EmergencyPreparedness #ResilienceBuilding #HealthResponseAfrica

Today, I was honored to join President @WilliamsRuto at the launch of the 2nd phase of the Kenya Urban Support Program @StateHouseKenya. With financial support of $350 from the @WorldBank, KUSP seeks to enhance the effective management of Kenya’s urban areas. #FutureisUrban

PROSPECTS 2.0 marks an additional $50 million investment by @NLinKenya & partnership with @UNICEFKenya @WorldBankKenya @IFCAfrica @UNHCR_Kenya @IloProspects, in supporting the Kenyan Govt. SHIRIKA Plan to enhance socio-economic integration between refugees & host communities.

📆Launch of PROSPECTS 2.0 today Honored to join a panel with representatives from @UNICEFKenya @IFCAfrica @WorldBankKenya @TurkanaCountyKE @GarissaGov @IloProspects - discussing Kenya's groundbreaking #Shirika Plan & the socio-economic inclusion of refugees in Kenya.

Following the refugees Act of 2021, we together with partners under PROSPECTS 2.0 are committed to supporting the Government in the development of the Shirika Plan. @JuliusKBitok @NLinKenya @UNICEFKenya @WorldBankKenya @IFCAfrica @UNHCR_Kenya @IloProspects

Grateful to @NLinKenya for their generous support under PROSPECTS. This partnership highlights what humanitarian-devlpt nexus is in practice, & plays a key role in convening an array of partners to provide holistic socioeconomic solutions for both refugees & host communities!

Delighted to join @JuliusKBitok and other partners for the Prospects II launch! We commend the Government of Kenya for their steadfast leadership on the forced displacement agenda & will continue to support their efforts to foster a more development focused policy environment!

Exciting News for #Somalia! 🇸🇴 Today marks a pivotal moment as Somalia achieves the #HIPC Completion Point. Join @VictoriaKwakwa in celebrating a new chapter of resilience and discover how this opens doors to new opportunities for economic growth. @IMFNews

A hearty hambalyo/congratulations from @worldbank to President @HassanSMohamud & the people of #Somalia as they officially join the East African Community (@jumuiya) today. Somalia inches closer to its HIPC Completion Point with more opportunities for trade & development.

The #KenyaCCDR outlines 5 key action areas for inclusive, climate resilient and low-carbon growth in Kenya #ClimateAndDevelopment shorturl.at/ahGLN

📢Our latest #AfricasPulse report emphasizes the urgent need to tackle youth unemployment on the continent and recommends creating higher-quality jobs for everyone. Read more: wrld.bg/IUgz50PSXI9

DYK that most of #Africa’s rivers & 90% of surface water is transboundary? I was pleased to join a high-level dialogue on “Rivers for People and the Planet”, we are committed to helping African countries effectively manage these precious transboundary & national water resources.

The Sustainability-Linked Bond will help @BRDbank to increase the number of loans to #women-led businesses as a proportion of total SME loans from 15% to 30% and the financing of 13,000 affordable housing units by 2028. #RwandaWorldBank60. 2/2

In case you missed it, last week's launch of the Development Bank of #Rwanda’s Sustainability-Linked Bond is a prime example of how public concessional resources can be used to mobilize private capital to achieve SDGs! 1/2 @BRDbank #RwandaWorldBank60 #IDAworks @RwandaFinance

Our support has helped develop marshland & hillsides, post-harvest infrastructure, expand irrigation, empower rural communities, training in modern farming techniques, strengthen policies & institutions, adoption of innovation, improving #foodsecurity & incomes #RwandaWorldBank60

Rwanda’s access to electricity expanded from 6% in 2003 to 65% in 2023. @WorldBank has contributed to this through mobilizing resources, financing generation, transmission & distribution of power including from renewable sources, helping fuel economic growth #RwandaWorldBank60

I was deeply honored to join the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Rwanda-World Bank partnership and reflect on the country's remarkable development successes #RwandaWorldBank60

DPM H.E. @SalahJama, today in #Mogadishu launched a report assessing Somalia's capacity to prepare for and respond to disaster emergencies, which was organized by #SoDMA. The project is being funded by the @WorldBank through its Crisis Recovery Project in #Somalia.

From the frontlines of Mudug, the Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation H.E @AhmedMoFiqi gave the keynote speech at the 1st Somali National ID Conference.