Africa’s leaders have placed water and sanitation at the heart of the continent’s development agenda, with a commitment to mobilise at least USD 30 billion annually for climate-resilient water security and WASH services by 2030. The AIP-PIDA Water Investment...
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G20 Leaders Declaration commits to work towards constructive outcomes of the 2026 UN Water Conference, as GWP Launches website for Global Water Investment Platform (GIP)
Stockholm/Johannesburg, 23 November 2025 The Global Water Partnership (GWP) welcomes the adoption of the G20 Leaders’ Declaration with a commitment for Leaders to ‘work towards constructive outcomes of the 2026 UN Water Conference’. GWP commends the G20 leaders for...
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, Final Report of the African Union–Africa Water Investment Summit Released as G20 Social Summit Calls for Scaling Global Water Investments
Johannesburg, 21 November 2025 The Global Water Partnership (GWP) welcomes the Final Report of the AU–AIP Africa Water Investment Summit, convened under the leadership of the African Union, AUDA–NEPAD, and the Republic of South Africa under its G20 Presidency. The...
GWP and Water Sweden Strengthen Global South–Nordic Partnerships at the AWSISA Africa & Global South Water & Sanitation Dialogue
The Global Water Partnership (GWP), represented by Mr. Alex Simalabwi, CEO of the Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) and Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), played a leading role at the AWSISA Africa & Global South Water &...
Luanda Summit Boosts Early Financing Push for Africa’s Water Projects
As a build-up from the AU-AIP Water Investment Summit held in Cape Town under the umbrella of the G20 Presidency, AUDA-NEPAD and the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) co-convened a high-level Roundtable on Early-Stage Financing for PIDA–AIP Water...
Roadmap for G20 Presidential Legacy: Global Outlook Council on Water Investments unveiled as partners call for global de-risking of water investments at the UN General Assembly
Launched by Chair of the G20, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, during the African Water Investment Summit, the Roadmap for the Global Outlook Council was presented during a High-Level Consultative Dialogue that took place on the sidelines of...
All Set for the AU-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025: over 80 projects to be showcased for investment
Against the backdrop of South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the first hosted by an African nation, 2,000 delegates will convene in Cape Town from 13-15 August 2025 for the inaugural AU-AIP Water Investment Summit, a strategic platform to drive water-related investments and...
Global Water Leaders Convene Ahead of G20 to Mobilise Finance and Action
The Global Water Partnership and the World Meteorological Organization on Thursday, 22 May 2025, hosted a High-Level Dialogue in the context of the G20 to serve as a foundational consultation toward the establishment of the Global Outlook Council on Water Investments....
Final Communique: AU High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa at 79th UNGA
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,...









