Kenya and Uganda off-grid energy: capital partners and investment diligence priorities

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Kenya, Uganda; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025. Trend: 30.2 m in 2021 → 25.5 m in 2025 (-16%); peak 43.9 m in 2023. In 2025 kroner, adjusted for inflation with Statistics Norway's consumer price index (annual average, table 08981; retrieved 2026-10-14): 35.8 m in 2021 → 25.5 m in 2025 (-29%); peak 46.6 m in 2023.

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Kenya, Uganda; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025. Agreement partner labels as recorded; not resolved organisation identities.

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Kenya, Uganda; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025. Shares use the listed channel groups, not necessarily the entire portfolio. Rounded 100% is not exactly all and rounded 0% is not none; retain nonzero amounts.

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Kenya, Uganda; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025.

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All recipients; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025. 59 recipients in scope. Regional and unallocated lines (e.g. Global Unspecified) are shown but not ranked.

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Kenya, Uganda; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2021–2025. Donor-reported OECD policy markers; not outcome evidence.

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Agreement RAF-19/0044-15 — "Together for Inclusion- Uganda" in Uganda. Partner: Atlas-alliansen (NGO Norwegian); implementing: NHF - Norges Handikapforbund. Sector: 40 - Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries. Payments recorded in 2019–2024 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2024, which does not show that it ended); 42.5 m NOK in the selected years; 49.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Increase access to micro finance, savings and loans groups for persons with disabilities, particularly in rural areas

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Agreement UGA-18/0001 — "UEGCL Institutional Support for Hydropower O&M Excellence" in Uganda. Partner: UEGCL - Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (Public sector in developing countries). Sector: 20 - Hydro-electric power plants. Payments recorded in 2019–2023 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2023, which does not show that it ended); 39.9 m NOK in the selected years; 70.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Support to UEGCL Hydropower Operation and Maintenance Excellence (HOME) Programme. Expected impact: Improved socio-economic development in Uganda through higher availability and access to electricity. The expected effects of the Programme for the target group are (Outcome): i. UEGCL established as a professional operator of its large hydropower plants ii. Increased competence level of UEGCL operation and maintenance staff

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Agreement UGA-20/0002 — "NVE Capacity Building for Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA)" in Uganda. Partner: ERA - Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority (Public sector in developing countries). Sector: 10 - Energy policy and administrative management. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 22.5 m NOK in the selected years; 22.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Financial support for Technical Assistance by the Norwegian Water and Energy Directorate (NVE) for Uganda's Electricity Regulatory Authority 2021-24, for safe, efficient, reliable, and sustainable electricity supply in Uganda. The program is primarily aimed at capacity building based on institutional cooperation, through transfer of electricity sector expertise and experience. Planned Outcomes: i) Improved, more effective, transparent and predictable power system; ii) Improved electricity power system operations and quality of supply, with a higher degree of transparency; iiii) Reduction in negative environmental and social impacts of power production and power systems, and improved natural resource sustainability; iv) Awareness of measurements and possibilities for more effective power system.

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Agreement QZA-20/0240-1 — "Africa Energy Transition - regional coordination (hosted in Uganda)" in Uganda. Partner: WWF Norge (NGO Norwegian); implementing: WWF - local office. Sector: 10 - Energy policy and administrative management. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 17.2 m NOK in the selected years; 17.2 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: The programme aims to drive a just transition from coal and charcoal to renewable energy and clean cooking solutions in three African countries, by: • Addressing national policy and regulatory frameworks for energy • Accelerating regional cross-border trade in renewable energy on and off grid • Facilitating the divestment of African and Chinese financial institutions from coal fired power plants and increasing financial flows to renewable energy, including women-led renewable energy enterprise. The project promotes the green energy transition including reduced use of fossile coal.

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Agreement UGA-23/0005 — "KAM Group AS Green fertiliser Uganda feasibility" in Uganda. Partner: Kam Group AS (Norwegian private sector). Sector: 10 - Energy generation, renewable sources – multiple technologies. Payments recorded in 2024–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 8.1 m NOK in the selected years; 8.1 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Norad will support financing of KAM Group and Westgass's feasibility studies to investigate the potential to utilise excess hydropower for production of clean hydrogen to b used in the production of fertiliser, with a pilot in Northern Uganda. The studies will involve techno-economic assessments, an environmental and social impact assessment, legal an regulatory processes and engagement with relevant authorities, academia, civil society and vendors / suppliers.

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Agreement QZA-18/0355-24 — "Improved livelihoods for the rural poor" in Uganda. Partner: Strømmestiftelsen (NGO Norwegian); implementing: African Evangelistic Enterprise. Sector: 40 - Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries. Payments recorded in 2019–2023 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2023, which does not show that it ended); 7.6 m NOK in the selected years; 12.7 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Enhancing income generation through value chain development and economic inclusion

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Agreement UGA-18/0007 — "Electrification of Refugee Settlements in Northen Uganda" in Uganda. Partner: Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Governments/Ministries in developing countries); implementing: Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. Sector: 30 - Electric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids). Payments recorded in 2018–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 7.5 m NOK in the selected years; 42.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Agreement with Uganda Government (Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning) regarding electrification of refugee settlemts in Koboko, Yumbe and Adjumani districts in Northern Uganda.

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Agreement QZA-24/0180-34 — "Collective Action for Disability Rights (CADiR)" in Uganda. Partner: Atlas-alliansen (NGO Norwegian); implementing: NHF - Norges Handikapforbund. Sector: 40 - Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries. Payments recorded in 2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 7.1 m NOK in the selected years; 7.1 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Programme period stated in the description: 2025–2029. Description: The Atlas Alliance 2025-2029 program aims to support the rights and improve the lives of persons with disabilities in developing countries. Civil society strengthening, particularly partnership with local OPDs, is central to the program. Economic Empowerment: Access to micro finance, savings and loans groups for persons with disabilities, particularly in rural areas, training in income generating activities, small grants. Women and girls with disabilities experience discrimination and barriers when it comes to accessing education and employment opportunities, and they have an increased vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV).The Atlas Alliance works to combat all types of discrimination, violence and harmful practices against women and girls with disabilities, through access to financial services.

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Agreement QZA-20/0240-2 — "Africa Energy Transition - Kenya" in Kenya. Partner: WWF Norge (NGO Norwegian); implementing: WWF - local office. Sector: 10 - Energy policy and administrative management. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 6.8 m NOK in the selected years; 6.8 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: The programme aims to drive a just transition from coal and charcoal to renewable energy and clean cooking solutions in three African countries, by: • Addressing national policy and regulatory frameworks for energy • Accelerating regional cross-border trade in renewable energy on and off grid • Facilitating the divestment of African and Chinese financial institutions from coal fired power plants and increasing financial flows to renewable energy, including women-led renewable energy enterprise

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Agreement UGA-24/0001 — "Powerline upgrade Kigwabya Hydro Power Plant" in Uganda. Partner: PATS - PA Technical Services Ltd. (Private sector in developing countries). Sector: 30 - Electric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids). Payments recorded in 2024 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2024, which does not show that it ended); 2.5 m NOK in the selected years; 2.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: PA Technical Services LTD (PATS) has applied for and been awarded Norad financial support for powerline upgrade work required for evacuation of power from Kigwabya Hydro Power Plant under construction in Uganda.

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Agreement QZA-23/0033-8 — "Energy for Development NEA Uganda" in Uganda. Partner: Miljødirektoratet (Norwegian public sector). Sector: 10 - Environmental policy and administrative management. Payments recorded in 2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 1.9 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Institutional cooperation between Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) and Ugandan authorities under the Energy for Development Program (EfD). The aim is to strengthen environmental governance of the renewable energy sector through capacity building and regulatory framework support to environmental authorities in Uganda. This will also contribute to climate risk adaptation and prevention. The Energy for Development program aims to strengthen the competence and capacity of national authorities in partner countries, to ensure effective management of the renewable energy sector, energy access for all, and accelerate climate mitigation and adaptation through low-emission energy solutions. Energy for Development provides customized technical cooperation between national authorities in partner countries and Norwegian public institutions. In particular, the program aims to help achieve; a) …

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Agreement UGA-22/0006 — "KAM Group AS feasibility study hydrogen P2P Uganda" in Uganda. Partner: Kam Group AS (Norwegian private sector). Sector: 10 - Energy generation, renewable sources – multiple technologies. Payments recorded in 2023–2024 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2024, which does not show that it ended); 1.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Norad will support financing of KAM Group and Westgass's feasibility studies to investigate the potential for power-to-power through green hydrogen electrification, with a pilot in Northern Uganda. The studies will involve a techno-economic assessment, an overview of regulatory ans safety measures of the West Nile region of Uganda, and assess the needed resources.

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Agreement QZA-20/0240-11 — "Africa Sustainable Investment and Infrastructure Programme - Kenya" in Kenya. Partner: WWF Norge (NGO Norwegian); implementing: WWF - local office. Sector: 10 - Environmental policy and administrative management. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 17.1 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: This programme aims to promote sustainable investment in sustainable infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa, by • Lobbying regional institutions, national governments, companies and financial institutions in China and Africa for better legislation, policies and plans and their implementation, to drive sustainable finance and infrastructure. • Piloting nature-based solution projects and monitoring practices

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Agreement UGA-16/0010 — "UEGCL Initial Support" in Uganda. Partner: UEGCL - Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (Public sector in developing countries). Sector: 20 - Hydro-electric power plants. Payments recorded in 2017–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 12.3 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Support power generation; capacity building and training.

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Agreement QZA-22/0176-2 — "NRGI Developing capacity on extractive sector DRM amid the energy transition - Uganda" in Uganda. Partner: NRGI - Natural Resource Governance Institute (NGO International). Sector: 14 - Domestic Revenue Mobilisation. Payments recorded in 2022–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 6.1 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: The project aims at efficiently and equitably manage the risks and opportunities of the global energy transition for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) from the extractive sector, . The overall project’s expected effect(s) on society is/are (Impact): Developing countries have improved financing for national development priorities and the SDGs through increased tax renevue and strengthened social contract. The expected effect for the target group of the project are (Outcome): Outcome 1: Ghana and Uganda efficiently and equitably manage the risks and opportunities of the global energy transition for domestic resource mobilisation from the extractive sector. Outcome 2: Improved international cooperation and south-south collaboration between civil society and media actors on the impacts of energy transition for the extractive sector and domestic resource mobilisation.

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Agreement QZA-21/0159-27 — "NORHED II Socially just and sustainable energy transitions" in Kenya. Partner: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (Norwegian public sector); implementing: TU-K - Technical University of Kenya. Sector: 20 - Higher education. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 3.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: This project aims to build capacity and competence through education, research and outreach to secure a regional workforce with the relevant skills set and knowledge required to implement and demand for a just and sustainable low-carbon energy transition agenda. Main objectives of the project are to: develop programs, improve staff competency and capacity, produce more and better research and strengthen gender equality in education and research.

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Agreement KEN-17/0008 — "Equity Group Foundation Kenya" in Kenya. Partner: Equity Group Foundation (Private sector in developing countries). Sector: 20 - Agricultural development. Payments recorded in 2018–2024 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2024, which does not show that it ended); 45.7 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Financial Access to SME and rural population in agriculture using technolgy. The project will focus on encouraging women to participate in the program activities in the various parts of the agricultural value chain where women are a significant part of the labour force and should have better access to productive resources such as land, credit and education/training.

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Agreement UGA-16/0012 — "Support to Renewable Energy Business Incubator (REBI)" in Uganda. Partner: Makerere University (Public sector in developing countries). Sector: 81 - Energy education/training. Payments recorded in 2017–2023 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2023, which does not show that it ended); 7.7 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Vocational training to develop entrepreneurial skills and foster business development and entreneurship within the renewable energy value chain.

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OECD Creditor Reporting System, gross disbursements, current USD millions; recipients KEN, UGA (combined); DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; retrieved 2026-10-14. 43 individual donors report in scope. Latest OECD year lags national data. All official donors: Trend: USD 492.3m in 2019 → USD 289.6m in 2024 (-41%); peak USD 492.7m in 2021. International Development Association [IDA]: Trend: USD 208.2m in 2019 → USD 155.9m in 2024 (-25%); peak USD 316.6m in 2021. Japan: Trend: USD 151.6m in 2019 → USD 11.6m in 2024 (-92%); peak USD 151.6m in 2019. Germany: Trend: USD 23.1m in 2019 → USD 16.1m in 2024 (-30%); peak USD 57.3m in 2022. Rank and share use the combined displayed years and all official donors, including multilateral institutions; not a single-year or bilateral-only comparison.

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OECD CRS project-level records, gross disbursements 2023 to 2024, current USD millions; recipients KEN, UGA; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; Norway excluded (see the Norwegian data); retrieved 2026-10-14. 432 projects from 46 donors report in scope. Titles and descriptions are donor-reported; a project may cover more than the sector named.

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Donor: Germany. Channel of delivery: Public corporations (donor govt.). Recipient: Uganda. Purpose: Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies. Disbursed USD 0.2m in 2023 to 2024. Description (donor-reported): ContextUganda has great potential for generating power from renewable sources such as solar, hydro, biomass, and wind. However, only about five per cent of the population has access to any kind of electricity, with around 24 per cent of them accessing electricity for more than four hours per day. Outside the cities, where 70 per cent of the population lives, the rate of electrification is a mere 38 per cent. This presents a major barrier to economic development and poverty reduction.The Government of Uganda seeks to promote private investment for mini grids in Uganda, as they offer a viable solution to insufficient access to electricity. Mini grids can supply reliable and grid-like electricity in most villages where grid extension is unaffordable. The policy and regulatory framework for mini grids however still needs to be developed to enable mini grid projects to reach the necessary sca

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Donor: Sweden. Channel of delivery: Other multilateral institutions. Recipient: Uganda. Purpose: Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies. Disbursed USD 5.2m in 2023 to 2024. Description (donor-reported): The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is a planned expansion and scale up of an innovative, results-based initiative incentivising private sector to provide affordable, efficient, high quality, renewable energy services to underserved people in off-grid rural and peri-urban areas that builds on experience of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia. Sida's proposed support to BGFA includes, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mozambique, Zambia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. BGFA aims to reach 5-15 million people with clean, renewable and reliable energy services. BGFA is designed to stimulate and accelerate the emergence of new business models for provision of affordable energy access at scale whilst demonstrating sustainability over time. The BGFA particularly supports the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, s

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Donor: EU Institutions. Channel of delivery: Third Country Government (Delegated co-operation). Recipient: Uganda. Purpose: Electric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids); Electric power transmission and distribution (isolated mini-grids). Disbursed USD 1.2m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): The project aims to enhance access to clean energy in Uganda, in particular in peri-urban and in rural areas, with an attention on the reduction of gender inequalities. It encompasses the expansion, reinforcement, and densification of the electricity network (grid component) and support for investments in decentralised renewable energy technologies, namely mini-grids (off-grid component). For the grid component, efforts will concentrate on extending and densifying the electricity network, to improve electricity access in peri-urban and rural regions. The EU's contribution is anticipated to cover the costs of last-mile connections for households, enterprises and social services, while a concessional loan from AFD will fund associated grid extension costs. The project is expected to facilitate over 40,000 new connections, benefiting approximately 200,000 people, including vulnerable groups

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Donor: United Kingdom. Channel of delivery: Private sector in provider country. Recipient: Kenya. Purpose: Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies. Disbursed USD 0.2m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): African SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks) is a 12-month feasibility study that will enable the characterisation and identification of schools within low-income suburban communities in Nairobi that have the potential to become clean energy hubs through innovative business models.These energy hubs will be capable of generating, storing and distributing clean energy for the community they serve, accelerating access to adequate, affordable, and reliable renewable energy in Kenya, whilst enhancing energy awareness and education, The proposed business models will remove the financial and technical burden from the schools, in line with learnings from past projects developed by the partners. Given challenges around grid reliability and supply, African SCENe will investigate how the business model could be defined to co-exist within the existing and future energy structures. Key to th

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Donor: Germany. Channel of delivery: Public corporations (donor govt.). Recipient: Kenya. Purpose: Energy conservation and demand-side efficiency; Energy education/training; Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies; Energy policy and administrative management. Disbursed USD 0.5m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): ContentThe Kenyan Government has set itself the target of giving the entire population access to electricity and generating this electricity entirely from clean energy sources by 2030. Renewable energy sources, such as geothermal energy, hydroelectric power, wind power and photovoltaics, already account for around 90 per cent of electricity generation today. They are environmentally friendly and reduce CO2 emissions, and thus contribute to combating climate change.Further expansion of renewable energies is important for meeting growing energy needs and enabling the development of local industries.However, the legal and technical requirements for the rapid expansion of renewable energies are not yet in place. Kenya needs a plan for economic expansion that avoids overloading its electricity grids.ObjectiveKey conditions have improved for supplying Kenya with electricity produced entirely f

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Donor: United Kingdom. Channel of delivery: University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank. Recipient: Uganda. Purpose: Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies. Disbursed USD 0.2m in 2023. Description (donor-reported): **Improving Affordability and Reliability of Energy Access in Uganda with River Turbines**This study will show how novel hydro-kinetic river turbines can be a valuable addition to the portfolio of solutions that can be used to accelerate energy access and improve the quality of life for poor, rural communities in Uganda.The emergence of small, efficient, free-stream, hydro-kinetic turbines capable of economically generating electricity from the speed of fast-flowing water is a new development. It uses technology transferred from the offshore tidal energy sector, in which the UK has been a world-leader since it began, about twenty years ago. Hydro-kinetic technology is fundamentally different to conventional hydropower that extracts energy from rivers as they drop through a height, or 'head'. Conventional hydropower is cost effective and reliable at a large scale supplying power to nation

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Imputed multilateral ODA from Norway, gross disbursements in current USD millions: all sectors from OECD DAC2A, the brief's sectors from ONE's Imputed Multilateral Sectors (CRS purpose codes starting 231, 232, 236, 240), via the Development Finance Observatory; retrieved 2026-10-14. Modelled estimates: each multilateral organisation's spending in the country is attributed to Norway in proportion to Norway's share of its core funding. Norway did not direct this money to the country. It covers core contributions only, so it does not overlap with the Norwegian agreement data (Norway's own agreements, including funds earmarked through multilaterals). The OECD and ONE totals differ slightly because their methods do. Sector rows are sums of ONE's purpose-code rows, added up by this app.

About this source: The OECD's measure of private money brought in by public development finance, for example through guarantees or co-investment. It is the main reference for blended finance; amounts follow the OECD's attribution rules and are published here for groups of providers.

Trace this: OECD mobilised private finance dataflow (DSD_MOB@DF_MOBILISATION) ↗

OECD, mobilised private finance for development; recipients Kenya, Uganda (combined); current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Private money that official donors and development banks brought into projects through guarantees, loans, equity and co-financing. Published for groups of providers only, not per institution. Guarantees: Trend: USD 326.4m in 2022 → USD 401.3m in 2024 (+23%); peak USD 401.3m in 2024. Mechanism and provider-group rows cover ALL sectors; only the explicitly labelled selected-sector subtotal covers this brief's sectors. No sector-level provider split is supplied. Latest amount, absolute increase and percentage growth are different comparisons; the highlighted trend is not a growth ranking.

About this source: The OECD's headline aid totals for each donor, the source of the yearly figures on aid as a share of national income. It shows a donor's overall trend, not where the money goes.

Trace this: OECD DAC1 dataflow (DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1) in the OECD Data Explorer ↗

OECD DAC1, net ODA disbursements to all recipients and sectors, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Shows each donor's overall aid, not its spending in this country or sector. 2025 figures are the OECD's preliminary estimates of aid already disbursed that year (not forecasts) and may be revised. Japan: USD 15,245.9m in 2024 → USD 13,523.6m in 2025 (-11% in one year). Germany: USD 33,249.3m in 2024 → USD 28,032.0m in 2025 (-16% in one year). EU Institutions: USD 35,654.1m in 2024 → USD 52,904.8m in 2025 (+48% in one year). France: USD 15,073.8m in 2024 → USD 13,905.7m in 2025 (-8% in one year). United Kingdom: USD 16,269.5m in 2024 → USD 16,365.1m in 2025 (+1% in one year). The same donors in this country and sector (OECD CRS, gross disbursements; ends earlier): Japan: USD 151.6m in 2019 → USD 11.6m in 2024. Germany: USD 23.1m in 2019 → USD 16.1m in 2024. EU Institutions: USD 3.4m in 2019 → USD 34.0m in 2024. France: USD 43.9m in 2019 → USD 15.5m in 2024. United Kingdom: USD 9.8m in 2019 → USD 12.0m in 2024. Sweden: USD 3.5m in 2019 → USD 11.0m in 2024. Norway: USD 7.2m in 2019 → USD 3.2m in 2024. Measure: net ODA disbursement flows in current USD, not budgets or grant-only funding. Preserve the provisional label on the corresponding observation year.

About this source: The US government's own record of its foreign assistance: every obligation and payment by country, sector, agency and implementing partner, published much sooner than the OECD's data. It shows the effect of the 2025 US cuts country by country; economic and military aid are kept apart.

Trace this: ForeignAssistance.gov data downloads ↗

US government obligations and disbursements of economic (non-military) assistance, current USD, from the ForeignAssistance.gov complete dataset (file of Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:40:59 GMT); loaded 2026-10-14; retrieved 2026-10-14. US fiscal years run October to September; FY2026 is incomplete. Obligations are new commitments; disbursements are payments, often against earlier commitments, so they fall later than obligations. Agencies report with a lag and revise. Sectors use the OECD codes the US assigns, which can differ from the recipient's or the OECD's classification. Military and security assistance is excluded. Partners the US withholds by name (redacted) are left out of the partner list.

About this source: An index from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and partners that rates how likely a humanitarian crisis or disaster is to overwhelm a country's capacity to cope. Humanitarian donors and agencies use it to compare countries; it measures structural risk, not current needs.

Trace this: INFORM Risk results and data (EU JRC) ↗

INFORM Risk Index Mid 2026, EU Joint Research Centre with IASC partners; retrieved 2026-10-14. Scores 0-10, higher means a higher risk that a humanitarian crisis overwhelms national capacity; the earlier score is from the published edition of that year, whose method differed slightly. Kenya: the highest of the three dimensions is Hazard & exposure (6.9); read the score through that dimension. Kenya: INFORM Risk 5.7 in 2022 → 6.1 in Mid 2026 (High → High). Uganda: the highest of the three dimensions is Vulnerability (6.9); read the score through that dimension. Uganda: INFORM Risk 6.0 in 2022 → 6.7 in Mid 2026 (High → Very high).

About this source: ACAPS's rating of how severe each ongoing humanitarian crisis is, based on its analysts' review of many sources. It is used to compare crises and to see whether one is getting worse.

Trace this: ACAPS INFORM Severity Index, monthly files on HDX ↗

ACAPS INFORM Severity Index, monthly edition published on the Humanitarian Data Exchange; retrieved 2026-10-14. It rates the severity of ongoing crises (impact, conditions of people affected, complexity); countries without an active crisis are not listed.

About this source: ACAPS's rating of how hard it is for humanitarian organisations to reach people in a crisis, because of insecurity, bureaucratic restrictions or physical obstacles.

Trace this: ACAPS Humanitarian Access dataset ↗

ACAPS Humanitarian Access dataset, Oct 2026 edition (API); retrieved 2026-10-14. Scores 0 (no constraints) to 5 (extreme), from three pillars and nine indicators; countries without a tracked crisis are not listed. Kenya: the most constrained crisis is Multiple crises in Kenya (2 of 5, Moderate). Uganda: the most constrained crisis is Multiple crises in Uganda (3 of 5, High).

About this source: A widely used dataset of reported political violence and protests, coded from news, local partners and other sources. Counts depend on reporting, so areas with little coverage may be under-recorded.

Trace this: Kenya - Conflict Events: ACLED's monthly files on HDX (2026-10-09) ↗ · Uganda - Conflict Events: ACLED's monthly files on HDX (2026-10-09) ↗ · ACLED terms of use and attribution policy ↗

ACLED monthly event counts from ACLED's files on HDX; latest complete month Sep 2026, twelve months Oct 2025–Sep 2026; retrieved 2026-10-14. National and regional figures are sums of ACLED's district rows, added up by this app; the district card lists the districts. Counts are of events reported in news, NGO and local sources and coded by ACLED; fatalities are reported estimates and ACLED does not count them for demonstrations. The three categories overlap (an attack on civilians can also be political violence): never add them. ACLED updates its files weekly and can revise recent months. Source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), acleddata.com.

About this source: Foundations that report their grants to the OECD in the same format as government donors, among them the largest ones. Useful for comparing peer foundations; most smaller foundations do not report.

Trace this: OECD PPFD: exact scoped aggregate query (CSV) ↗

OECD Private Philanthropy for Development; recipients KEN, UGA; DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; 2019-2024; gross disbursements, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Top ten by sum of available observations. OECD reporting foundations only, not all private philanthropy; absence is not proof of no activity. Missing observations are not zero. Do not add to official aid, humanitarian funding or mobilised-private-finance totals: scopes may overlap. Project drilldown unavailable; foundation aggregates remain available.

About this source: The International Aid Transparency Initiative: an open standard under which donors, UN agencies and NGOs publish their own activity data, often more up to date than the OECD's. Completeness and quality depend on each publisher.

Trace this: SSC - FP (2023 - 2027) with Ministry of Climate, Energy and (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark) ↗ · Creating access to basic and affordable renewable energy out (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark) ↗ · CO-Uganda Sida Fair Finance 24-27 (Oxfam Novib) ↗

IATI Datastore, activities in implementation (status 2) in Kenya, Uganda, DAC sectors 231, 232, 236, 240; most recently updated first, at most two per publisher; activities whose planned end has passed or that have no end date and started over five years ago are left out; retrieved 2026-10-14. Published by each organisation to the IATI Standard, usually more current than the OECD but uneven: coverage depends on who publishes, and the same work can be reported by both funder and implementer. Leads to check, not a complete list; amounts are not shown or totalled here and must not be added to OECD or OCHA figures.

About this source: The World Bank's own database of the projects it finances, with approved amounts, dates and status, including projects still in preparation.

Trace this: Second Kenya Fiscal Sustainability and Resilient Growth (P508021) ↗ · Housing Finance, Lands and Sustainable Investments (P513352) ↗ · Kenya Green and Resilient Expansion of Energy (GREEN) Program Phase 2 Project (P180465) ↗ · World Bank projects and operations ↗

World Bank Projects API (search.worldbank.org), active and pipeline projects, sectors matching the scope; pipeline first, then newest approvals, up to 10 per country; retrieved 2026-10-14. Commitment is the IBRD/IDA amount plus World Bank grants at approval, not money disbursed. Pipeline projects are plans: dates and amounts change, and some are dropped. A project can span several sectors.

About this source: UNHCR's official statistics on refugees and other forcibly displaced people, compiled from governments and its own operations; the global reference for refugee numbers.

Trace this: UNHCR population API: hosted in KEN, 2025 ↗ · UNHCR population API: hosted in UGA, 2025 ↗ · UNHCR Refugee Data Finder ↗

UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics API, end-year figures by country of asylum; retrieved 2026-10-14. Internally displaced counts cover people UNHCR protects or assists and may be zero where it does not report them.

About this source: The IMF's twice-yearly economic figures and forecasts for its member countries, the standard reference for growth, inflation and public debt; revenue comes from its Fiscal Monitor. Forecasts are revised as conditions change.

Trace this: IMF WEO DataMapper: real GDP growth ↗ · IMF WEO DataMapper: inflation ↗ · IMF WEO DataMapper: government debt ↗

IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026) (growth, inflation, debt) and Fiscal Monitor (October 2026) (revenue) via the DataMapper API; retrieved 2026-10-14. 2026 and 2027 are IMF projections and are revised twice a year.

About this source: Joint IMF and World Bank assessments of whether low-income countries can carry their debt, rated from low risk to in debt distress. They influence how much of the World Bank's IDA support a country gets as grants rather than loans.

Trace this: IMF list of LIC DSAs (as of March 31, 2026) ↗ · IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for low-income countries ↗

IMF, List of LIC DSAs for PRGT-eligible countries, as of March 31, 2026; retrieved 2026-10-14. Ratings come from the latest published debt sustainability analysis for each low-income country and change only when a new one is published, so check the date. Debt sustainability is assessed only for countries at high risk or in debt distress. The list covers countries eligible for the IMF's concessional lending; others are not rated.

About this source: The World Bank's official statistics on low- and middle-income countries' external debt and debt payments, reported by the borrowing countries.

Trace this: World Bank International Debt Statistics ↗ · World Bank data: External debt stocks (USD m) ↗ · World Bank data: External debt stocks (% of GNI) ↗ · World Bank data: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (USD m) ↗

World Bank International Debt Statistics via the World Bank API (DT.DOD.DECT.CD, DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS, DT.TDS.DPPG.CD), current USD; retrieved 2026-10-14. Debt stocks are all external debt outstanding at year end (public, publicly guaranteed and private non-guaranteed, including IMF credit). Debt service is principal and interest actually paid on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in the year. The World Bank publishes the statistics once a year, in December.

About this source: The OECD's dataset of development finance for climate adaptation and mitigation from bilateral and multilateral providers, the basis of many climate finance studies. Its counting rules make bilateral totals generous.

Trace this: OECD: development finance for climate and the environment ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2022.xlsx ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2023.xlsx ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2024.xlsx ↗

OECD Climate-related development finance, recipient perspective, 2022–2024: commitments in current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-13. Commitments, not disbursements. Bilateral activities count at full value when climate is a principal or significant objective (OECD Rio markers), so the totals are an upper bound; multilateral development banks report only each project's climate component. The 'principal objective or climate component only' row is the stricter measure. Adaptation and mitigation overlap where an activity targets both, so they do not add up to the total. Kenya: USD 1,210.6m in 2022 → USD 2,311.4m in 2024 (+91%); peak USD 2,568.3m in 2023. Uganda: USD 1,368.3m in 2022 → USD 838.0m in 2024 (-39%); peak USD 1,368.3m in 2022.

About this source: The OECD's dataset of development finance for climate adaptation and mitigation from bilateral and multilateral providers, the basis of many climate finance studies. Its counting rules make bilateral totals generous.

Trace this: OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2024.xlsx ↗

OECD Climate-related development finance, recipient perspective, 2024; climate-related amount of each commitment, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-13. The climate-related amount of each activity as the OECD counts it (the whole activity when climate is a Rio-marked objective; the climate component for multilateral development banks). Titles as reported by the provider.

About this source: UNDP's Human Development Index combines health, education and income into one measure and is the best-known summary of human development; IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix counts people displaced within their own country in crises.

Trace this: UNDP Human Development Report: data center ↗ · UNDP country data and charts: Kenya ↗ · UNDP country data and charts: Uganda ↗ · UNDP and OPHI global Multidimensional Poverty Index: downloads ↗

UNDP Human Development Report, composite indices time series; UNDP and OPHI global Multidimensional Poverty Index; latest year per measure; retrieved 2026-10-14. The HDI combines life expectancy, schooling and income per person; the inequality-adjusted HDI discounts it for how unequally these are shared. Multidimensional poverty counts people deprived in several of health, education and living standards at once, from the household survey named in the year column. Displacement counts are IOM's latest national round and are shown only where IOM reports one; check the year before comparing. Kenya HDI: 0.570 in 2013 → 0.628 in 2023 (+10%); peak 0.628 in 2023. Uganda HDI: 0.532 in 2013 → 0.582 in 2023 (+9%); peak 0.582 in 2023.

About this source: A UN and European Commission alert system that estimates within hours how serious an earthquake, cyclone, flood or drought may be for people. Alerts are model estimates to guide international response, not damage assessments.

Trace this: GDACS alert archive ↗

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (UN OCHA and EU Joint Research Centre), automatic near-real-time alerts; retrieved 2026-10-14. Colours estimate the need for international humanitarian assistance: Green = unlikely (local impact can still be significant), Orange = possible, Red = likely; one disaster can raise several alerts. Country attribution uses affected-country ISO3; window applies to event start date, not last update. Counts are returned records, not unique disasters; regional records may appear for multiple countries. Map shows only valid coordinates in the displayed frame. Kenya: excluded 1 records without matching country/start date. Kenya orange/red alerts: Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad (Orange, 2026-06-21); Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (Orange, 2026-05-21). Uganda orange/red alerts: Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (Orange, 2026-05-21).

About this source: The World Bank's composite measures of governance, built from surveys and expert assessments. They are widely used to compare countries, but they measure perceptions and come with margins of error.

Trace this: Worldwide Governance Indicators in the World Bank DataBank ↗ · WDI FDI net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS) ↗

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (absolute scores 0-100, higher is better; perception-based composites with wide margins of error) and World Development Indicators for FDI; retrieved 2026-10-14. WGI uses an absolute 0-100 scale anchored to fixed reference points, not percentile ranks. Perception-based estimates have uncertainty; small differences should not be overinterpreted.

About this source: The World Bank's main collection of development statistics on poverty, health, education and the economy, compiled from national and international sources. It is the common reference for country indicators; the latest years are often missing.

Trace this: Access to electricity (% of population) (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) ↗ · GDP per capita (current US$) (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) ↗ · Population (SP.POP.TOTL) ↗

World Bank World Development Indicators, most recent value; retrieved 2026-10-14. Most recent non-empty year differs by indicator. Trend lines cover the reported years of the last ten.

Computed by the app: OECD CRS gross disbursements in this scope, 2024 (card E25), all official donors USD 289.6m; donors' total net ODA from OECD DAC1 (card E35). Exposed: a donor whose total aid fell more than 10% in the OECD's provisional latest year. Rough estimate method: each donor's 2024 aid in this scope, reduced by the same percentage as its total aid fell from 2024 to 2025 in the OECD's provisional figures, summed over donors that fell more than 10%; donors that did not cut count as unchanged. It assumes each donor cut this country as much as its overall aid; in practice donors protect some countries and cut others harder. The OECD's country figures for 2025 will replace it, usually about a year after the year ends. Only the donors listed on the OECD card are assessed; multilateral donors are not in the OECD's donor totals.