News & Events

18/06/2012 - Public finance is not enough to meet Africa’s growing need for better water and sanitation, said a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official at a conference on the subject. Private funding must also play its part, he said.

Categories: Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Mauritania, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Partnerships

24/05/2012 - Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin Initiative. On May 4, the African Development Bank approved a €2 million grant from the African Water Facility to finance the development study needed to attract the investments required to implement them. The overall project is supported jointly by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development- Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF).

Categories: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility

18/05/2012 - More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme “Water for Growth in Africa”, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), in Cairo, Egypt, between 14 and 18 May, 2012.

Categories: Egypt, Water Supply & Sanitation, Private Sector Development, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

15/05/2012 - Une délégation de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et du gouvernement burkinabè a visité, le 5 mai, les sites des projets d’aménagement hydro-agricoles et d’infrastructures sanitaires de Kampelsézougou, Bilanga Yanga et de Tanga, dans les provinces de la Gnagna et du Kouritenga (région centre-est).

Categories: Burkina Faso, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Infrastructure

15/05/2012 - «Qu’est-ce que l’accès à l’eau ? Où en est l’Afrique en matière de desserte en eau et assainissement? Quelles sont les réalisation de la Banque en la matière, dont elle et les bénéficiaires peuvent s’enorgueillir? »

Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

17/04/2012 - La Banque africaine de développement, l’Office national de l’assainissement (ONAS) et le gouvernement tunisien ont organisé à Hammamet, du 10 au 12 avril, un atelier de trois jours pour lancer un projet qui vise une meilleure utilisation des eaux usées épurées dans 17 gouvernorats. Le recours à ces ressources alternatives permettra de remédier aux importants déficits en eau en Tunisie, maintenant et pour l’avenir.

Categories: Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

10/04/2012 - The forest resources of Burundi have been seriously degraded since the beginning of the socio-political crisis in the country. This 10 year-long crisis resulted in the country's forest cover rate decrease from eight percent to five percent.

Categories: Burundi, Water Supply & Sanitation

02/04/2012 - More than 140,000 small-scale farmers across the Gambia have enjoyed greatly increased crop output after formerly unproductive land was put to the plough as a result of a USD 17.5 million watershed management project, started in 2006 and co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Gambian government.

Categories: Gambia, Water Supply & Sanitation, Agriculture & Agro-industries