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COP 28: African Water Facility hosts event on Water Security for Climate Resilience in Africa
07 December 2023
What: Presentation on Water Security for Climate Resilience in Africa: Transformative Water Systems for Climate Adaptation
Who: African Water Facility, African Development Bank
When: Sunday, 10 December 2023; 9:30AM – 11AM (UAE)
Where: MDB Pavilion and online. Register here.
The African Water...
African Water Facility at COP 28: Advancing the Conversation on Water and Climate
04 December 2023
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) is taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023. The conference convenes global and business leaders, experts, climate scientists, and other stakeholders to address the climate crisis and take decisions to...
African Water Facility Newsletter - Issue 3: Agents of Change
01 November 2023
What is the connection between water and sanitation? Both are essential to survival and are fundamental rights of all people. In Africa, these precious resources remain crucial to sustenance and to improving social and human development, and we are proud to work with African countries to ensure...
Bulletin d'information de la Facilité Africaine de l'eau - Numéro 3 : Agents du Changement
01 November 2023
Quel est le lien entre l’eau et l’assainissement ? Ces deux éléments sont essentiels à la survie et constituent des droits fondamentaux pour tous. En Afrique, ces ressources précieuses restent essentielles à la subsistance et à l’amélioration du développement social et humain, et nous avons le...
African Water Facility’s 2023 Funding Dialogue Strengthens Regional and International Commitment to Africa’s Water and Sanitation Sector
31 October 2023
The African Water Facility has successfully concluded its second funding dialogue since inception. From 12 to 13 October 2023, the second funding dialogue convened global leaders representing donor and beneficiary governments, multilateral and international organisations, and other stakeholders at...
African Water Facility Selects New Water and Sanitation Projects
30 October 2023
The African Water Facility has selected 80 new climate focused water and sanitation projects into its 2023 rolling project preparation pipeline.
In April 2023, the African Water Facility launched a call for proposals with emphasis on projects of high impact, transformative, catalytic, focused on...
African Water Facility Funding Dialogue on Innovative Pathways for Water and Sanitation Access in Africa
09 October 2023
The African Water Facility will hold a funding dialogue from Thursday 12 to Friday 13 October 2023 in Paris, France. This will be its 2nd funding dialogue since inception in 2006.
The funding dialogue is a closed event. It will convene global leaders representing donor and beneficiary governments,...
World Water Week: Innovative Financing Mechanisms Toward Achieving SDG 6 in Africa
22 August 2023
What: Workshop on the sidelines of World Water Week 2023
Who: African Development Bank, African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW), Organisation for Economic Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The World Bank Group
When: Tuesday, 22 August 2023; 11:00 – 12:30 CET (09:00 – 10:30 GMT)...
African Water Facility at World Water Week 2023
20 August 2023
The African Water Facility will participate at the annual World Water Week organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) in Stockholm, Sweden from 20 – 24 August 2023 under the theme “Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World.”
The delegation led by Osward...
African Water Facility's 2023 Newsletter: Issue Two - Who We Are
13 August 2023
MESSAGE FROM THE COORDINATOR [French version below]
Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio-economic development, healthy ecosystems, and human survival. Africa is experiencing a water and sanitation crisis, compounded by climate change, that puts hundreds of...