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...
In-country consultative workshops towards the development of a funding proposal for the SADC Regional Climate Resilient Water Investment Programme (SADC-AIP) kicked off in Lesotho on 30 October 2024. Twelve more workshops will take place in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini,...
On 23 September 2024 on the margins of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, United States of America, representatives of the African Union Commission, International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, Republic of South Africa,...
Photo at top shows: Hon. Pemmy Majodina: Minister of Water and Sanitation for South Africa; Hon. Calle Schlettwein: Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform for Namibia; Dr Mohammed Diatta: Senegal representing Hon. Cheikh Tidiane Dièye, Senegal Minister of...
The African Union Commission (AUC), water ministers from across Africa, and their development finance partners support convening an AU Water Investment Summit in 2025, in the context of South Africa’s G20 Presidency. “The AU Africa Water Investment Summit will support...
The African Union-led AIP is searching for Africa's next generation of water leaders and advocates. There are currently twenty 12-month Youth Fellowship opportunities across 20 African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,...