The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has issued a Request for Proposal for a Feasibility Study for an International Blended Water Investment Fund for Africa. The Blended Water Investment Fund will support intervention to address the gaps and bottlenecks...
The Zambian Government has launched an almost US$6 billion Water Investment Programme, expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of people in the country. The Zambia Water Investment Programme was launched by the President H.E. Hakainde Hichilema, on 16 July 2022,...
Government officials have hailed the African Union Development Agency’s newly launched AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard as a “game changer” for the mobilization of water and sanitation investments on the continent, during a consultative meeting on 21 April 2022....
The following address was given by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Chair: Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination Unit, at the closing ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal on 25 March 2022. The...
Watch a video Hon. Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Minister of Water for the Republic of Senegal, announcing the creation of an International High-Level Panel on Water Investment for Africa at the closing ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar on 25 March 2022. This...
An International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, which will draw representatives from current and former Heads of State as well as other global leaders, has been formally launched at the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The panel is led by...
We, the delegates to the High-Level Water Investment Conference, hosted by H.E. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, and H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa and Africa Coordination (GWPSA-Africa) Board Chair and Former President of...
The President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, H.E. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, on 11 March 2022 formally launched the Zanzibar Water Investment Programme, which will mobilise over USD665.5million between 2022-2027 towards securing clean and...
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...