Beth W. Waweru

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

#ANewEraOfFinancing is out NOW!

Behind every number is a person.

🔹A worker in Uzbekistan with a new social insurance law.
🔹A farmer in Somalia with food security for the first time.
🔹A community in Indonesia that mobilized $5.7B in green finance.

🔖https://t.co/iVZ9N3JEfg

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

🇺🇳🇰🇪 @ConilleGarry, UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya, emphasized the importance of catalytic finance and strong partnerships to strengthen government-led climate resilience and unlock investment that can scale across Kenya and the continent. #BCRUP

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

🇪🇸 @jaimemorenobau, Ambassador of Spain to Kenya, reaffirmed Spain's commitment to the @JointSDGFund as a cornerstone of the UN development system, calling for stronger partnerships and greater contributions to accelerate the SDGs and leave no one behind. #BCRUP

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

Climate resilience needs more than ambition. It needs investment.

Yesterday, leaders from government, development finance, the private sector, and the UN met in Nairobi to advance #BCRUP and strengthen partnerships that can unlock investment for resilient urban communities.

[Sanda Ojiambo @SandaOjiambo]

The $4T annual SDG financing gap continues to widen. While public capital is vital, we will never close it without scaling private investment.

In my latest piece for @FortuneMagazine, I explore why the next phase of blended finance must change.

https://t.co/PxI75JIQFh

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

#ANewEraOfFinancing is out!

2025 was one of the hardest years for development. Aid collapsed. Debt crises deepened.

The @JointSDGFund delivered anyway.

↘️$400 million in. $8 billion out.↗️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 213 million people reached.

Every dollar became twenty.

https://t.co/iVZ9N3J6pI

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

The @JointSDGFund was built for exactly this moment—bridging humanitarian response & long-term development by pooling @UN expertise behind government priorities. In displacement-affected contexts, that integrated model is transformative.

📽️https://t.co/5FpZ5ZBHCG

[Beth W. Waweru @bethsnowy]

@MMakoloo Congratulations Balozi @MMakoloo you are literally #RunningDiplomacy 😃You make your country proud.

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

🇰🇪 Kenya highlights the importance of getting SDG financing right.

🎥 In #TimeToAct: Bold Ideas to Real Impact, 🇰🇪 Ambassador @eelokaale shares how coordinated approaches with the @JointSDGFund strengthen results.

https://t.co/hmfdodw1Wd @KenyaMissionUN @UnKenya #FFD #Fin4Dev

[Beth W. Waweru @bethsnowy]

Thank you Balozi @MMakoloo for your time and insights. Keeping connected with Kenyans in the diaspora (and more importantly the younger generation) is a sure way to embed both Ubuntu and national pride.

[Maurice Makoloo @MMakoloo]

While having dinner tonight, my 15 year old son asked me this question: “what was the highlight of your day?”

My mind immediately went to a meeting I had earlier today with a 21 year old Kenyan student studying in the UK. She had eleven questions for me. Three of them were particularly interesting. She wondered how I was balancing a very busy schedule with my personal life that includes being present for my family. This was a very strong feedback and an #accountability statement: that no matter how busy you are at work, the family too deserves to have your attention. Our conversation surfaced #Intentionality and #Quality as key to the choice-making.

Her second question was quite inspiring: “How can young people like myself be useful to our country while still here?” It’s clear that they care. They want to, and are ready and willing to make their contribution. This question led us to talk about the role of #Diaspora as ambassadors of Kenya across cultures, ideologies and geographies on the one hand. On the hand, they need to share their experiences with relatives and friends back home about the reality of living abroad and correcting distorted perceptions while reinforcing positive feedback on the country. Apparently, there is a dominant view that anyone abroad has it easy and abundant!

Her third question was about understanding investment opportunities in Kenya and Africa for young people like herself who desire to invest generationally. At this point I ushered in Dr. Beth Waweru who was the next in my calendar. Dr. Waweru is on Investment Specialist with the UN Joint SDG Fund. We were able to establish a mentor - mentee relationship which I believe will not only benefit the two committed professionals but our country as well.

Conversations like this not only inspire, they reinforce our confidence in the future. #YouthCares #LeadingYoung #PlentyWithinOurBorders

@bethsnowy @KenyaMissionUK @InvestKenya_ @roselinenjogu @Diaspora_KE @pthigo

[Beth W. Waweru @bethsnowy]

@SusanAMangeni @FAOKenya @UNIDO Good stuff. Worth checking out the newly launched seaweed Joint Program in Zanzibar funded by the @JointSDGFund https://t.co/1HlH2MZbJ2

[Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 @JointSDGFund]

At #UNGA, 🇰🇪 Kenya and the @JointSDGFund discussed the Building Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor Program, building momentum toward #COP30. 🇧🇷

The conversation focused on innovative financing, stronger UN cooperation & supporting vulnerable urban neighborhoods across Africa.

[Sanda Ojiambo @SandaOjiambo]

Africa is remarkable. Africa is unstoppable.

A continent brimming with ingenuity, innovation and momentum — Africa is not waiting on the world. Africa will shape the world.

#UnstoppableAfrica #GABI

[Amina J Mohammed @AminaJMohammed]

What makes #UnstoppableAfrica?

It’s our people: African women breaking barriers, youth driving change, farmers feeding nations, and communities building peace — advancing Agenda 2063 and the SDGs for everyone.

#GABI @GlobalAfricaBiz @globalcompact

[UN Tanzania 🇺🇳 @UnitedNationsTZ]

@SusanNamondo @MarkB_Schreiner @UNICEFTanzania @unwomentanzania @WFP_Tanzania @UNIDO_TZA @FAOTanzania @undptz @ILOAfrica @IOMTanzania @NorAmbTZ @UNFPATanzania @WHO_Tanzania @UNEP_Africa 🌊The Transforming Seaweed Farming JP, backed by USD 3M via the @JointSDGFund, will help farmers create more sustainable business by expanding access to finance & markets.

It'll reach 15k households, boosting incomes by 40% by 2028 while unlocking new financing for the sector.

[Beth W. Waweru @bethsnowy]

Compilation from my African Safaris in DRC 🇨🇩, Uganda 🇺🇬, Samburu & Amboseli in Kenya 🇰🇪
#africansafari #bonobos #reticulatedgiraffe #elephant #cheetah #buffalo

[Cosmas Zavazava @ITUBDTDirector]

Everyone in the Pacific is entitled to reliable and affordable Internet access. Pleased to open our subregional workshop on promoting and measuring universal and meaningful connectivity in Palau🇵🇼and grateful to @EU_Partnerships and @JointSDGFund for their generous support.

[Cosmas Zavazava @ITUBDTDirector]

In Tonga🇹🇴, connectivity has improved dramatically with the installation of Hunga’s Digital Hub, part of the ITU Smart Villages and Smart Islands initiative under @JointSDGFund. The island’s residents are transforming their lives: https://t.co/XaBYnIMtZz
#BDT4Impact

[UN Liberia @UN_Liberia]

In continuation of strengthening local actors' capacity to track implementation of County Development Agendas & the #SDGs , @mfdp_lib with support from @JointSDGFund in Grand Bassa County today with county officers from 5 counties in Western Liberia.

[United Nations in South Africa @UNinSouthAfrica]

At the recent @UNECOSOC Operational Activities Segment, @nmuffuh, @UN Resident Coordinator🇿🇦 highlighted how the @JointSDGFund serves to unlock blended finance--bringing together concessional and private capital to support the country's just energy transition. #JET