GIZ-Water Sector Reform Programme - Nairobi

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Kenya since 1975. The GIZ office is located in the capital, Nairobi.

Ranked by the World Bank as a lower middle income country, Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy and one of the leading economies in Africa. A robust private sector, investment in infrastructure and a growing middle class have all contributed to the country’s development, helped further by its decentralised system of governance and relative political stability. Kenya has set itself the goal of becoming an upper middle income country by 2030. Nonetheless, the country continues to face many challenges. More than a third of its population lives below the poverty line. Young people, in particular, have difficulty in finding a  

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job. Agriculture contributes about 20 per cent of the gross domestic product and provides employment for a large part of the population. However, the sector is suffering from the effects of climate change and needs to modernise further. Kenya would also like to increase its power supply and switch completely to renewable energy.