Projects & Activities
The Bank gives priority to the water and sanitation sector as a way of assisting its Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to achieve the objectives of poverty reduction and economic growth. Interventions in the water and sanitation sectors have a unique potential to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on poverty, health, education, and gender. The Bank’s portfolio in the water and sanitation sector includes drinking water supply, water resources management, sanitation and hygiene, capacity building and policy reform, among others.
As of 1 October 2010, the Bank is financing 66 active projects in 36 countries to the tune of some US$ 2 billion. These include a multi-national project on shared watercourses in the SADC sub-region involving Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. About half of current operations are in the rural sub-sector.
Countries in which the Bank is currently actively involved are: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Dem Rep Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
As of November 2010, water and sanitation profiles are also available for the following countries:
Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo ,Egypt , Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
In line with the AfDB’s strategy of significantly increasing interventions in the water sector, the seven years from 2002 to 2009 have seen a six-fold increase in AfDB’s financing of water and sanitation to over US$ 465 million annually, from less than US$ 70 million annual average from 1967-2002.
The Bank will continue to increase its support to the sector to enable its RMCs accelerate progress towards the water MDGs and strengthen their capacity in integrated water resources management. In support of this, AfDB’s financing in the coming years for water and sanitation operations is expected to exceed US$ 600 million per annum, including the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Trust Fund, and financing from the African Water Facility (AWF).
Documents
Policy Brief - Financing Water Security for Economic Growth in Africa (458 KB)
2010 Annual Report of the African Water Facility (AWF) (3.4 MB)
2009 African Water Facility (AWF) Work Plan and Budget (268 KB)
2008 Annual Report of the African Water Facility (AWF) (2.1 MB)
The AfDB in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia : ‘DROPS’ of Information on Africa’s water sector (637 KB)
African Water Facility Operational Programme for 2005 - 2009 (201 KB)
Water Sector Governance in Africa, Vol. 2 - Assessment Guidelines (4.5 MB)
Water Sector Governance in Africa, Vol. 1 - Theory and Practice (3.7 MB)
