H.E. Faye (right) and H.E Kikwete (left) during a bilateral meeting in Senegal on Monday, 24 March 2025 Preparations for the inaugural Africa Water Investment Summit in the context of the G20 Presidency of South Africa has reached an advanced stage with several...
Over 70 representatives from fifteen African Union Member States gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 13 - 14 February 2025 for a training on AU Guidelines for the development of National Climate Resilient Water Investment Programmes. The training was part of...
Fifteen African Union (AU) Member States that gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the kick-off workshop of the AU-AIP Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Support Initiative have hailed the multi-country initiative saying it gives them a continental-wide platform to learn...
The Republic of South Africa’s assumption of the G20 Presidency at the beginning of December 2024 has advanced plans to convene an AU-AIP Water Investment Summit in a bid to elevate water on the G20 agenda. South Africa, in collaboration with the AU-AIP High-Level...
The AIP will participate in various events during COP16, Riyadh, the largest-ever meeting of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s 197 Parties. One Water Summit The AIP will participate in the One Water Summit on the sidelines of COP16. The One Water Summit is...
Robust transboundary water management systems are pivotal to mobilizing investments into water projects for economic growth, regional integration, and resilience to climate change. This is the conclusion of the “Accelerating Preparation and Financing of Transboundary...
The African Union (AU) Commission formally launched Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Support for the AU’s Multi-Country Project to Accelerate Water and Climate Resilience Investments through the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) at COP29 Azerbaijan...
The following two events at COP29 Azerbaijan will focus on progress in mobilising investments for climate-resilient African water and sanitation and implementing the African Union’s Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP). Launch of AU-AIP GCF...
This article was written by Dr Sean Phillips, Director-General of the South African Department of Water and Sanitation, and first published in The Business Day newspaper. A communique issued by the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa at the...