She has been Director-General of the
East African Development Bank since 2009 and a non-executive director of the Central Bank of Kenya since 2011.
The
East African Development Bank is fortunate to be supported by regional governments, international development finance institutions and commercial banks, providing it with a solid base of expertise and capital.
"You have to experience the worst in order to understand the situation," says 35-year-old Prosper Nambaya, a senior project officer with the
East African Development Bank, Tanzania, whose remit includes infrastructure projects in the fields of electricity and irrigation.
EADB is the only
East African development bank. Its mandate is to support development in the region where other DFIs or banks mandate extend beyond East Africa.
The European Union and the
East African Development Bank have agreed to finance a $68m fibre link project in the region once privatisation of the industry is complete.
The
East African Development Bank (EADB) is planning to establish the first wholesale mortgage institution to help meet a current housing shortfall of 3.8m units in the region's five countries, according to the bank's director general, Godfrey Tumusiime.
Other private issuers include the
East African Development Bank (EADB) and the Preferential Trade Area Bank.
The PTA Bank is the second regional bank, after the
East African Development Bank, to issue bonds for trading on the DSE.