SAN FRANCISCO — When former World Bank President Jim Kim announced he was leaving, it came as a surprise not only to the institution but also to the technology companies he had built relationships with in California’s Bay Area.
But last week, it seemed like business as usual, as leaders from the World Bank Group’s Africa regional leadership team gathered for meetings in Silicon Valley with groups like ride-sharing company Uber, Earth imaging company Planet Labs, and professional networking site LinkedIn.
The institution’s Silicon Valley strategy was never going to vanish with Kim’s departure, staff explained to Devex.