News & Events
03/02/2012 - About 750,000 people in three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility grant approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 26 January 2012.
Categories: Sudan, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
17/01/2012 - En visite à la Banque, les 12 et 13 janvier 2012, dans le cadre de la mobilisation des ressources pour l'Initiative pour l'alimentation en eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural et la Facilité africaine de l’eau, Michel Camdessus, a déclaré : «Nous devons passer à une stratégie dont l’Afrique prenne la responsabilité et qui soit déterminée par la demande et non plus par l’offre éventuelle des donateurs, pour chercher les fonds et les allouer le plus efficacement possible à l’eau et l’assainissement et au changement climatique.»
Categories: African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
- From: 12/03/2012
- To: 16/03/2012
- Location: Marseille, France
The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water and the Government of France, is hosting a conference on water security in Africa in the context of the 6th World Water Forum.
Categories: France, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Water Supply & Sanitation
15/12/2011 - In 2012, the African Water Facility (AWF) expects to commit about €25 million to 22 new projects that will contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation.
Categories: Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, African Water Facility
04/11/2011 - Le gouverneur honoraire pour la Banque de France, Michel Camdessus, a effectué, jeudi 3 novembre 2011, une visite de travail au Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement. M. Camdessus a participé au séminaire du Conseil d’administration, présidé par le vice-président Aloysius Ordu.
Categories: France, Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
19/07/2011 - The African Water Facility (AWF), an initiative of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), is awarded a grant of US$ 12 Million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to finance projects to advance water and sanitation services across Africa.
Categories: Rwanda, African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation
09/06/2011 - About one third of the obstacles to achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) are water-related. Already, water poses a number of challenges for Africa like it does nowhere else in the world. With only four years left to achieve the MDGs, progress in the continent towards meeting the targets set out is slow and many countries run the risk of missing the mark.
Categories: Portugal, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Date: 08/06/2011 16:30 18:30
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
The African Development Bank Group continues to place high priority on the water sector as a way of assisting Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to realize poverty reduction and economic growth because of the unique potential of this sector to contribute to achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
13/01/2011 - The African Water Facility (AWF), in line with its mandate to Improve Water Governance and Service Delivery as well as innovation-promoting investments, has launched two projects, both co-financed through grants to the Water Resources Commission of Ghana.
Categories: Ghana, African Water Facility
19/11/2010 - The 3rd African Water Week to be held in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia from 22-26 November 2010 provides a good opportunity for the African Water Facility (AWF) to hold its 10th Governing Council meeting on 24 November 2010.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
