MCC Deputy CEO Chidi Blyden Advances Threshold Partnerships in Tanzania and Kenya

pedestrian transportation needs, advance safer transportation options for women, and support financing for the acquisition of electric buses.

Blyden gained insight into land use challenges and possible solutions during site visits to gridlocked urban neighborhoods and a company that assembles electric buses. The Kenya Urban Mobility and Growth Threshold Program is MCC’s largest and most ambitious threshold program to date.

“Helping residents in Nairobi safely navigate between their homes and work is critical for Kenya’s continued economic growth,” said Blyden. “I am grateful for our partners in the Government who are working tirelessly to set up the Kenya Millennium Development Fund to implement this program and bring the benefits to the Kenyan people.”

The Millennium Challenge Corporation is an independent U.S. government development agency working to reduce global poverty through economic growth. Created in 2004, MCC provides time-limited grants that pair investments in infrastructure with policy and institutional reforms to countries that meet rigorous standards for good governance, fighting corruption and respecting democratic rights.

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