A High-Level Panel Expert Advisory Group was formally inaugurated to support the work of the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa during Stockholm World Water Week on 30 August 2022. The Expert Advisory Group will support the work of the...
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H.M. King Letsie III of Lesotho urges stronger ties among world leaders to raise water commitments for Africa
H.M. King Letsie III of Lesotho said that it is critical for world leaders to make a concerted effort to secure Africa’s water supply and mitigate all factors that jeopardise water and its sources. H.M. Letsie III was addressing the International High-Level Panel for...
Declaration: Expert Advisory Group for International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa Inauguration
Formal declaration by the Government of Senegal on the inauguration of the Expert Advisory Group for the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa. The declaration was read by Mohammed Diatta on behalf of Hon. Serigne Mbaye THIAM, Minister of...
UNDP Request for Proposal: Feasibility Study for International Blended Water Investment Fund for Africa
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...
Multi-billion water investment programme launched in Zambia
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,...
AIP Water Investment Scorecard a “Game-changer” say African Governments
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....
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete Closing Statement at 9th World Water Forum, Dakar, Senegal
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: Senegal announces establishment of International High-Level Panel on Water for Africa at 9th WWF
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...
International High-Level Panel of sitting and former Heads of State launched, to mobilise Water Investments in Africa
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...