This article, written by Alex Simalabwi, Executive Secretary of Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination and CEO of the AIP, was first published in the AMCOW Africa's Voices of Water 2024 magazine (download in full here). The Sustainable Signals report published...
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Rising to the Challenge: Amplified Investments in Water Infrastructure in Africa
By Alex Simalabwi, GWPSA-Africa Executive Secretary & CEO: Continental Africa Water Investment Programme The average global surface temperature for January 2024 was the highest recorded for that month since global records began in 1850. 2023 was confirmed as the...
Aligning Africa to the UN System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation
The first-ever UN System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation published on 16 July confirms that water is a dealmaker for the Sustainable Development Goals and the health and prosperity of people and their natural environment. Investment in water security and...
The needle is moving: a stock take of 2022
The following article summarising the main activities undertaken under the AIP during 2022 was written by Alex Simalabwi, Head of the AIP Technical Support Unit which is hosted by Global Water Partnership Southern Africa and Africa Coordination (GWPSA-Africa). Mr....
Make Investment in Africa Water Security a Priority in 2022
Alex Simalabwi, Executive Secretary of Global Water Partnership in Africa, host of the Technical Support Unit of the AIP, reflects on the year in water that was 2021 and outlines priorities to secure Africa’s water needs for the year ahead. Climate crises caused...
Tools for climate proofing WASH services
In 2014, UNICEF and Global Water Partnership (GWP) collaborated to develop a Strategic Framework for WASH Climate Resilience, which guides implementers in climate-proofing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services. Since its launch, WASH professionals in 79...
Africa needs to prioritise water investments in the post-COVID-19 recovery
Written by: His Excellency President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, 4th President of the Republic of Tanzania, and Co-Chair of the AIP. The unprecedented events of 2020 have laid bare the systemic inequalities that hold back progress on our beloved continent. In the face of...
Accelerating African adaptation by 2030
Africa is one of the continents most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and yet it has the least ability to adapt due to its limited financial resources to cover the massive, and growing, adaptation gap. The United Nations Environmental Programme estimates...