The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the 2016 Annual report and 2017 Work plan and budget of the African Water Facility (AWF), with particular reference to the use of an amount up to €1.925 million for the administrative budget of AWF out of the Special...

In order to improve the wastewater system in parts of Rwanda’s capital Kigali, the Government has planned to develop the Kigali Wastewater Project. The project will displace people, which necessitate the development of a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). The RAP has been divided in two phases; first...

The Rwanda Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program (RSWSSP) will include three main components namely; (i) Water Supply Infrastructure and Services Improvement component, (ii) sanitation infrastructure and services improvement and (iii) Institutional Support, but only two of them have been...

The relevance of the project development objective stems from the strategic importance of the role which the shared aquifers of the West Africa Region are required to play in the socio-economic development of the countries of the region. Indeed,while water resources playa major role in the...

Five innovative projects in the High 5 areas have been awarded the Africa Development Impact Award Morocco received the Light up and power Africa category with an innovative solar power plant project to scale up renewable energy capacity; Mauritania won the Feed Africa category for an...

The African Development Bank Group and Ethiopia signed loan and grant agreements to the tune of US $5.6 million on Wednesday for additional resources to Ethiopia’s One Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program. The Bank’s support focuses on the rural and pastoralist areas and is timely in...

For Africa’s 1.2 Billion people, rural communities are home to almost two-thirds of the population. For most, Agriculture is the main source of livelihood. Even though Africa contains 65% of global uncultivated land, the continent is a net importer of food - $35 Billion a year. Djiby Mbaye...

This document is a non-technical summary of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment – ESIA report prepared for the "Upgrading and Expanding of Abu-Rawash Wastewater Treatment Plant" project. The ESIA was prepared by ALDAR Consulting Engineers on behalf of the Construction Authority for Potable...

As a sign of their healthy relations, the Ivoirian Government on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Abidjan, partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other development players, to commemorate World Water Day. World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22. It is an opportunity...