A water program approved on September 6, 2016, by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is expected to provide clean drinking water to about 400.000 rural Tunisians. Funding for the program is a combination of a loan of €123.7 million and a grant of €1 million. The grant is...

Climate experts have been placed at the service of the Moroccan Government by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the preparation and organization of the upcoming 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Morocco will host COP...

“I no longer need to waste hours fetching water. I have more time to help my husband with our cattle – which was quite difficult without access to clean water. It’s such a relief,” Zuena, a farmer from Machui, said of the African Development Bank’s Zanzibar Water and Sanitation Project, completed...

The Rural Drinking Water Supply Programme (Phase II) in Tunisia entails building new drinking water supply (DWS) systems (including new boreholes) and rehabilitating existing ones in rural areas. It will also build autonomous DWS and sanitation systems in unconnected schools in rural areas and...

The Senior Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank for Inclusive and Green Growth, Prof. Kevin Urama, has underscored the critical role of water in achieving long-term poverty reduction and economic growth in Africa. Speaking at a gathering of world water leaders in Stockholm,...

Phase II of an African Development Bank-funded water program in Tunisia will improve water services for about 400,000 rural Tunisians. Approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors on September 6, 2016, this program is designed to provide clean drinking water mostly to needy rural communities in about...

Slightly built, looking both youthful and self-assured, Heriniaina, or 'Life Force' in Malagasy, confidently stands on her land in Tanandava. She is not afraid to address Akinwumi Adesina, President of Africa's premier financial institution, who is standing facing her and asking her about her...

The African Water Facility (AWF) has granted €1.8 million to Mozambique to finance a development plan and feasibility studies for urban sanitation, drainage and solid waste management in Chimoio and Inhambane. The 310,000 inhabitants of the two municipalities are facing serious sanitation and...

This document is a summary of the Environmental and Social Management Plan of the Project to Construct Two Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants in Bamako. The project has been classified under Environmental Category 1, in accordance with national regulations and the safeguards system requirements of the...