African Development Bank Rolls Out Digital Oversight for $419 Million Liberia Portfolio
July 24th 2026
- The African Development Bank has deployed a digital monitoring platform to strengthen supervision of its $419 million portfolio in Liberia
- The system allows project teams to monitor infrastructure and development projects using real-time field data, satellite imagery and geospatial technology
- The rollout reflects a broader shift by development lenders toward digital tools to improve project delivery and accountability
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has introduced a digital supervision platform in Liberia to strengthen oversight of its development projects and improve implementation across its $419.2 million country portfolio.
The platform, known as the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) system, enables project teams to collect and verify field information using smartphones, tablets, drones and satellite imagery. It generates georeferenced data, photographs and maps that can be used to assess project progress and support supervision.
The system was rolled out during a four-day training programme in Monrovia for more than 50 representatives from Bank-financed projects, implementing agencies and AfDB project managers. The Bank announced the rollout on July 14.
By allowing project managers to monitor construction progress remotely and receive real-time field data, RASME is expected to help identify implementation bottlenecks earlier, strengthen accountability and improve the quality of project reporting.
Rather than replacing physical supervision missions, the system is designed to complement site visits with continuous digital monitoring, allowing project teams to respond more quickly when delays or other implementation problems emerge.
The Liberia rollout is part of the African Development Bank’s wider use of digital tools to supervise projects across the continent. Developed in partnership with the World Bank’s Geo-Enabling for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) initiative and KoBoToolbox, RASME has already been deployed in more than 35 African countries, supporting over 670 Bank-financed projects.
More than 1,700 users have been trained to use the system, generating upwards of 55,000 georeferenced field reports. These reports provide governments and the Bank with more timely evidence on project performance and help inform decisions during implementation.
Liberia is one of the African Development Bank’s longest-standing regional members and currently has 19 active operations covering transport, energy, agriculture, finance and governance. Since beginning operations in the country in 1964, the Bank has financed 76 projects worth more than $1 billion.
The rollout comes as internal evaluations continue to identify implementation delays, procurement bottlenecks and weak monitoring as recurring constraints on development projects. RASME is intended to give project teams more timely information to address these problems and improve the delivery of Bank-financed investments.
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