Kenya has third highest number of staff at AfDB
Kenya has secured the third-highest number of staff positions at the African Development Bank, despite holding a relatively small share of the institution's equity. The bank continues to face staffing and budget constraints while managing development projects across the continent.
Why it matters
This highlights Kenya's growing diplomatic and administrative influence within major pan-African financial institutions.
Kenya has the third highest number of employees at the African Development Bank (AfDB), pointing to the big influence that the country has in the pan-African lender.
An analysis of AfDB’s disclosures shows that 124 Kenyans, led by eight senior executives including a Vice-President were working at the pan-African lender at the end of December 2025, accounting for 5.4 percent of the lender’s 2,263 staff drawn from 77 countries.
Cote D’Ivoire, which hosts the headquarters of AfDB tops the list of staff with 347 followed by Tunisia at 127. Nigeria is joint third with Kenya. Neighboring Uganda has 83 staff while Rwanda has 50 employees.
Kevin Kariuki, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at AfDB is the most senior Kenyan at the lender, followed by eight others serving as directors and managers.
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