{"id":5624,"date":"2026-04-03T06:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powershiftafrica.org\/in-the-news\/gcfs-regional-offices-in-kenya-and-cte-divoirenbspare-a-game-changer"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:02:29","slug":"gcfs-regional-offices-in-kenya-and-cte-divoirenbspare-a-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/in-the-news\/gcfs-regional-offices-in-kenya-and-cte-divoirenbspare-a-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"Game changer: Green Climate Fund establishes regional offices in Kenya, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Green Climate Fund Headquarters | STOCK<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY SAADA MOHAMED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Shift Africa welcomes\u00a0the landmark decision by the board of the Green Climate Fund\u00a0(GCF)\u00a0to\u00a0establish\u00a0its regional presence\u00a0in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board has set up two offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, to serve the Anglophone and Francophone regions, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move\u00a0fortifies\u00a0Africa\u2019s position\u00a0in\u00a0global\u00a0climate governance and\u00a0as a strategic hub for climate finance access and coordination. At the same time, the multilingual\u00a0engagement\u00a0is expected to\u00a0strengthen accessibility and\u00a0ensure\u00a0that operational capacity is aligned with the major working languages of the countries served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also\u00a0represents\u00a0an important milestone for the continent\u00a0towards improving climate finance\u00a0accessibility\u00a0gaps. Africa\u00a0requires\u00a0approximately US$1.3 trillion to achieve both climate and development (SDGs) goals by 2025 and US$280 billion (7% of their GDP) annually in climate financing by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Headquartered in\u00a0Songdo,\u00a0South Korea, the GCF is\u00a0the largest global climate facility\u00a0established\u00a0to\u00a0provide developing countries\u00a0with financial and technical resources to raise ambition towards low-emission and climate-resilient development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a decade now,\u00a0GCF\u00a0has been mobilising and delivering finance at scale\u00a0while\u00a0strengthening\u00a0institutions\u00a0to\u00a0support\u00a0transformative\u00a0climate action\u00a0in vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of\u00a0$960.3 million in climate finance for new projects\u00a0spanning mitigation and adaptation actions\u00a0was approved during the\u00a0board\u2019s 44th\u00a0session,\u00a0raising\u00a0GCF\u2019s\u00a0investment portfolio above $20 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regionalising the fund is considered a critical institutional reform that could directly\u00a0address\u00a0the\u00a0long-standing accessibility concerns raised by\u00a0the\u00a0developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Africa got Two Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other offices established by the board include one each for\u00a0Latin America and the Caribbean\u00a0(Panama City);\u00a0Eastern Europe,\u00a0Central Asia, and the Middle East\u00a0(Jordan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also included a specific\u00a0outpost in the Pacific\u00a0region,\u00a0with the\u00a0headquarters\u00a0set to serve\u00a0the\u00a0East, Southeast, and South Asia\u00a0regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa\u00a0was allocated two offices\u00a0primarily because it represents\u00a0the fund\u2019s largest portfolio volume\u00a0in terms of funding projects\u00a0and the highest country coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0two-office model\u00a0is noted to address several strategic and operational needs\u00a0through\u00a0the creation of distinct language-specific hubs;\u00a0easy management of travel demands and\u00a0workload,\u00a0and\u00a0improved service\u00a0delivery\u00a0in the vast region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Regional Offices Matter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regional hubs\u00a0are\u00a0envisioned to strengthen\u00a0proximity and\u00a0engagement\u00a0with\u00a0African\u00a0countries, to improve day-to-day engagement, strengthen country support, and enhance operational\u00a0efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By bringing the fund closer to\u00a0diverse African\u00a0countries, these offices are expected to foster increased country ownership and lead to positive improvements in processes and communication with local Accredited Entities (AEs);\u00a0support project pipeline development; enhance\u00a0portfolio oversight, and support inclusive country engagement across the climate finance ecosystem, including government, regional organisations, civil society, and the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This decision\u00a0is\u00a0also\u00a0a win for Africa\u2019s civil\u00a0society. For years, African CSOs have advocated for climate policies and actions anchored on the continent\u2019s needs and priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is essential to\u00a0facilitate\u00a0enhanced access\u00a0to and\u00a0utilisation\u00a0of climate finance for African institutions to implement long-term climate adaptation and just transition interventions\u00a0amid escalating climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saada Mohamed is a Climate Finance Advisor at Power Shift Africa<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The decision by the Green Climate Fund to establish regional offices in Africa fortifies the continent\u2019s position in global climate governance and as a strategic hub for climate finance access and coordination. Read why this decision is also a big win for Africa\u2019s civil society.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":5625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[26],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-5624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-climate-finance"],"acf":{"url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9485,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions\/9485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=5624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}