The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Tuesday 17 December an equity participation of up to USD 25 million in the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund 2 (PAIDF 2). PAIDF2 is a Private Equity Fund that will invest in projects across the power, transport,...

The award of ADF and RWSSI Trust Fund financing totalling UA 8.527 million to Mauritania to finance the National Integrated Rural Water Sector Project (PNISER) was approved in December 2012 and the Loan and Grant Protocol Agreements signed in February 2013. The expected outcomes of this operation...

The Urban Water Supply, Sanitation and Institutional Support Project (UWSS & ISP) addressed water supply and sanitation services in Mozambique that are characterized by low coverage, poor service quality and weak financial and institutional sustainability

The first Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Coordination Committee took place in in Abuja, Nigeria on 5 December 2013. The meeting aimed to facilitate coordination at national and regional levels and to create an effective platform for coordinating RWSSI advocacy activities...

A new economic brief published by the African Development Bank shows that the longstanding relationship between growth and distribution in economics has been revived in recent years with greater focus being placed on “inclusive growth”, which is capable of benefiting much wider segments of society...

The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) a €2 million grant to establish a monitoring and reporting system for the water sector in Africa. The project is in line with the Africa Water Vision call for action for the creation of a sustainable system...

PRESA/DCI was identified in March 2013 as one of the tools for implementing Mali's sustainable recovery plan (PRED) for 2013-2014. This project will rehabilitate 4,926 ha of irrigation area in Koulikoro, Sikasso and Ségou regions,there by improving food and nutritional security as well as the...

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has shown great commitment to implement various Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) projects, both in rural and urban areas in the country. Accordingly, since 2004, the FDRE has embarked on the implementation of major reforms in the...

La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le Sénégal ont signé, le 2 décembre 2013 à Dakar, trois accords de prêts et de don, portant sur un total de 23,6 milliards de FCFA. Amadou Ba, ministre sénégalais de l’Economie et des Finances ainsi que gouverneur de la BAD pour le Sénégal, et Leila...