World Bank-financed projects in Kenya have made significant impact in several sectors over the years:

In the past decade, Kenya’s electrification program, backed by WB initiatives, has boosted electricity access from 25% to 75%, connecting 4.6 million households and benefiting 18 million people. Geothermal energy now makes up 45% of Kenya’s energy mix, with the WB supporting 530MW of the 950MW capacity.

Results from the ongoing agriculture projects - Agricultural Value Chain Development, Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth and the Climate Smart Agriculture - include:

  • A national farmer registry containing 6.4 million farmers, 15,890 agro-dealers and 7,115 stockists, aiding the government's e-subsidy program.
  • Digitization efforts enhancing 440 savings cooperatives and 558 Farmer Producer Organizations, improving credit access, input, and market linkages.
  • 528,000 smallholder farmers receiving advisory services to adopt climate-smart, market-oriented farming practices.
  • 326,000 farmers adopting technologies and practices that enhance productivity and resilience (avg. productivity increase 41%).
  • Sustainable management practices cover 84,930 hectares of land and 2.3 million livestock.

The Transforming Health Systems for Universal Care Project has improved engagement with and use of primary healthcare services, better service accessibility, and heightened quality of care: 15 million people received essential health services, skilled workers attended 7.7 million births, increased share of births by skilled personnel from 57 to 75% in target districts, enabling immunization of 7.6 million children.

Investments under the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project and the Primary Education Equity in Learning Program have provided school improvement grants to over 5,000 schools, trained 30,000 teachers, helped over 17,000 disadvantaged girls complete secondary education, and provided school meals to 2.6 million pupils.

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