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AWF catalyses the development of waste management businesses to improve sanitation services in Arba Minch, Ethiopia
01 July 2015
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 that it is providing a €1.2-million grant to the Government of Ethiopia to improve sanitation and faecal waste management in Arba Minch. The project will benefit over 21,000 people who will have access to...
Improving sanitation services to raise school girl attendance in South Africa
19 February 2015
Pretoria, South Africa -The African Water Facility announced on Monday, February 16, 2015, that it is providing a €1.2-million grant to help improve school sanitation facilities in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Over 100,000 students will directly benefit from this project, which will also...
AWF to help tackle rising sanitation demand in the Seychelles
19 January 2015
Victoria, Seychelles – The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on January 19, 2015 that it has approved a €1.07-million grant for the development of an Integrated Comprehensive Sanitation Plan for the Seychelles.
The 10-year plan will follow an integrated approach, looking at the synergies with...
AWF to help tackle food insecurity, flooding and droughts in Uganda and South Sudan
12 January 2015
The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on January 9, 2015 that it has offered a €1.97 million grant to the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) to increase water availability for multiple purposes in the Nyimur region of Uganda and South Sudan. The grant will support the...
Ghana and Togo sign project agreement to bring drinking water to Lomé and Ghana’s coastal communities
09 January 2015
The governments of Ghana and Togo signed on 12 December 2014 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an African Water Facility -supported pipeline to bring drinking water from the lower Volta River in Ghana to the city of Lomé in Togo and the Ghanaian communities along the water...
Supporting multi-purpose water storage to build climate resilience in Mozambique
15 December 2014
Maputo, Mozambique, – The AWF announced on December 15 that is has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development of a climate adaptation project in the lower Limpopo region. This project will include building infrastructure to...
€1.2 billion in follow-on projects leveraged by the African Water Facility
05 December 2014
Tunis, Tunisia - The African Water Facility (AWF), an initiative of the African Ministers' Council on water, has attracted €1.2 billion of follow-on investments for water management projects pledged by donors. “This is a major achievement for AWF's 10th anniversary,” said Akissa Bahri, the...
AWF helps build resilience to climate change for millions of pastoralists in Somalia
19 November 2014
Mogadishu, Somalia, The AWF announced on Wednesday, November 19 that it has offered a €3-million grant to the Republic of Somalia to support a project designed to build resilience to climate change and reduce water stress in Somaliland. The project is expected to improve the management of water...
AWF at the Positive Economy Forum, Le Havre, France: improving water management for sustainable economic development
22 October 2014
[French Only] La Facilité africaine de l’eau (FAE) a participé à la troisième édition du LHFORUM, qui se tenait au Havre, en France, du 23 au 26 septembre 2014. Lors d’une session dédiée aux impacts du changement climatique sur les ressources en eau, Akissa Bahri, coordonnatrice de la FAE, a évoqué...
African Water Facility supports the development of Komadugu-Yobe Basin in Nigeria
13 October 2014
Damaturu, Nigeria –The African Water Facility announced on October 10, 2014, that it has offered the Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund a €2 million grant for the preparation of a strategic action plan to develop water resources in the Komadugu-Yobe basin in Northern Nigeria. Over 15...