Annual Report 2019 East African Development Bank
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Your partner in development ANNUAL REPORT 2019 EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 2 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2019 3 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CORPORATE PROFILE OF EADB Uganda (Headquarters) Plot 4 Nile Avenue EADB Building P. O. Box 7128 Kampala, Uganda Kenya Country office, Kenya 7th Floor, The Oval Office, Ring Road, Rwanda REGISTERED Parklands Westland Ground Floor, OFFICE AND P.O. Box 47685, Glory House Kacyiru PRINCIPAL PLACE Nairobi P.O. Box 6225, OF BUSINESS Kigali Rwanda Tanzania 349 Lugalo/ Urambo Street Upanga P.O. Box 9401 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania BANKERS Uganda (Headquarters) Standard Chartered –London Standard Chartered – New York Standard Chartered - Frankfurt Citibank – London Citibank – New York AUDITOR Standard Chartered – Kampala PricewaterhouseCoopers Stanbic – Kampala Certified Public Accountants, Citibank – Kampala 10th Floor Communications House, 1 Colville Street, Kenya P.O. Box 882 Standard Chartered Kampala, Uganda Rwanda Bank of Kigali Tanzania Standard Chartered 4 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ESTABLISHMENT The East African Development Bank (EADB) was established in 1967 SHAREHOLDING The shareholders of the EADB are Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Other shareholders include the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), German Investment and Development Company (DEG), SBIC-Africa Holdings, NCBA Bank Kenya, Nordea Bank of Sweden, Standard Chartered Bank, London, Barclays Bank Plc., London and Consortium of former Yugoslav Institutions. MISSION VISION OUR CORE To promote sustain- To be the partner of VALUES able socio-economic choice in promoting development in East sustainable socio-eco- Africa by providing nomic development. Service development finance, Integrity support and advisory services. Leadership Innovation Team Work FOCUS AREAS 2016-2020 Skills Regional Food Security Infrastructure Development Climate Change Integration 5 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ 8 LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................. 8 LIST OF BOXES................................................................................................... 8 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................... 9 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ............................................................................... 10 GOVERNING COUNCIL .................................................................................... 11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ....................................... 12 STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ........... 14 STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ..................................................... 16 1. ECONOMIC REVIEW .................................................................................... 18 1.1 RECENT PERFORMANCE ...............................................................................19 1.1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH ...............................................................................19 1.1.2 PRICES AND MONETARY POLICY ............................................................22 1.1.3 FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY ...........................................................................27 1.1.4 EXTERNAL SECTOR AND TRADE IN EAST AFRICA .................................28 1.1.5 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................29 1.2 ECONOMIC PROSPECTS ...............................................................................32 2. OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR’S ACTIVITIES ...................................................... 33 2.1 INTERNATIONAL CREDIT RATING ................................................................ 34 2.2 LENDING OPERATIONS ................................................................................ 35 2.2.1 Portfolio Status ........................................................................................... 35 2.2.2 Portfolio Quality ......................................................................................... 36 2.2.3 Environmental and Social Analysis ............................................................. 36 6 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CONTENTS 2.3 ACTIVITIES OF THE BANK ............................................................................. 37 2.3.1 Country Office Kenya ................................................................................. 37 2.3.2 Country Office Rwanda .............................................................................. 38 2.3.3 Country Office Tanzania ............................................................................. 40 2.3.4 Country Office Uganda .............................................................................. 42 2.3.5 Environmental and Social Management .................................................... 44 2.3.6 Finance Department .................................................................................. 46 2.3.7 IT Department ............................................................................................ 46 2.3.8 Internal Audit Department ......................................................................... 47 2.3.9 Legal Department ...................................................................................... 47 2.3.10 Portfolio Management ............................................................................. 47 2.3.11 Treasury Department ................................................................................ 48 2.4 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES ..................................... 49 2.4.1 Medical Training and Fellowship Programme (METAF) ............................. 49 2.4.2 Science, Technology and Engineering University Scholarship (STEM) Scholarship ................................................................................................. 51 2.4.3 Building Capacity for Lawyers in Extractive Industry ................................. 51 2.5 RISK MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................52 2.5.1 Risk Management Framework .....................................................................52 2.5.2 Risk Related to EADB’s Business .................................................................52 3. DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ................................ 54 7 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Economic growth in EAC 20 Figure 2: Annual headline inflation in EAC 22 Figure 3: Monthly average exchange rates 24 Figure 4: Weighted average commercial bank lending interest rates 25 Figure 5: Fiscal balance (% of GDP) 27 Figure 6: Current account balance (% of GDP) 28 Figure 7: Overall Ease of Doing Business Rankings 29 Figure 8: Ease of Doing Business Breakdown 30 Figure 9: Portfolio by currency and country 35 Figure 10: Cimerwa 38 Figure 11: CIMERWA housing renovations 38 Figure 12: TTCM 39 Figure 13: Green Hills School 39 Figure 14: Bella Flowers 40 Figure 15: Iyumbu Satellite Centre 1 41 Figure 16: Iyumbu Satellite Centre 2 41 Figure 17: Natural gas distribution project implementation 42 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Real economic activity (annual growth) 19 Table 2: Business Reforms Undertaken 31 LIST OF BOXES Box 1: Food Security 43 Box 2: Climate Change 45 Box 3: Skills Development 50 8 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADF African Development Fund AfDB African Development Bank ALCO Assets and Liabilities Committee BADEA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa BIF Burundian Franc CDM Clean Development Mechanism DEG German Investment and Development Company EA East Africa EACDF East African Community Development Fund ESPR Environmental and Social Report EU European Union EUR Euro FDI Foreign Direct Investment FMO The Netherlands Development Finance Company GDP Gross Domestic Product IAS International Accounting Standards IASB International Accounting Standards Board IFC International Finance Corporation IFRIC International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency IUCEA Inter-University Council for East Africa KES Kenyan Shilling KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau ODA Overseas Development Assistance OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PWC PricewaterhouseCoopers RCC Regional Collaboration Centre (UNFCCC) RWF Rwandan Franc SBIC-Africa Standard Bank Investment Corporation -Africa SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises TZS Tanzanian Shilling UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UGX Ugandan Shilling USA United States of America USD United States Dollar VAT Value Added Tax WEO World Economic Outlook 9 2019 ANNUAL REPORT LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL The Honourable Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development The Republic of Uganda The Cabinet Secretary, the National Treasury The Republic of Kenya The Honourable Minister for Finance and Planning The United Republic of Tanzania The Honourable Minister for Finance and Economic Planning The Republic