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...
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Accelerating Transboundary Water Projects: Bridging Funding and Capacity Gaps
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...
African Union launches AU-AIP GCF Multi-country Readiness Support at COP29
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...
AIP engagements 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...
OPINION: How to attract funding to beef up the declining water sector in South Africa
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...
SADC-AIP Country Consultations Kick Off
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,...
OP-ED: Private Finance is Essential to Closing Africa’s Water Investment Gap
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...
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,...
AU Africa Water Investment Platform and AIP Blended Facility Launched
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...