National and regional DFIs have operated with varying levels of success across the African continent — held back by key barriers such as inadequate funding, poor governance, political interference, and a tendency to stray from their mandate.
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Sara Jerving is Devex's East Africa Correspondent based in Nairobi. She is a reporter and producer, whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Vice News, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Nation magazine, among others. Sara holds a master's degree in business and economic reporting from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow.
