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African Water Facility Engages with Partners and Stakeholders at Stockholm World Water Week
15 September 2022
During the World Water Week, held from 29 August to 1 September 2022 in Stockholm, the African Water Facility (AWF) engaged with partners, donors, and industry stakeholders to explore new perspectives on access to clean water and sanitation in Africa.
At the conference, the AWF participated in...
African Water Facility at World Water Week 2022
22 August 2022
The African Water Facility (AWF) will be at World Water Week which holds from 23rd August to 1st September 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. Attracting a diverse group of stakeholders from over 130 countries, the conference presents an opportunity to explore water from new perspectives and discuss...
Feasibility study completed for Nondvom Dam Project in Eswatini
27 May 2022
The African Water Facility (AWF) has completed a feasibility study for the Nondvo Multipurpose Dam in Estwatini. The Goverment of Eswatini approved study reports which found that the project would be technically feasible, socially, environmentally and economically viable.
The feasibility study...
Increase access to sustainable sanitation services in Ghana
17 May 2022
The African Water Facility is in the process of preparing feasibility studies and engineering designs for delivery of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) infrastructure and services in 12 cities and secondary towns in Ghana. Contract award for the Consultancy Services to prepare the studies...
Global Affair Canada: The Director general for Pan-African Affairs meets with African Water Facility in Abidjan
02 May 2022
The African Water Facility and Water and Sanitation Department Director, Osward Chanda met, on April 27 in Abidjan, with Global Affairs Canada’s Director General for Pan-African Affairs, Tarik Khan to discuss strategic areas of support to the Africa Water Facility from Canada which has been a long...
The AWF instigates a mechanism for permanent exchanges with its donors.
27 April 2022
The African Water Facility (AWF) held a consultation meeting, on 25 April 2022, with its current and prospective Donors to discuss closer engagement and more regular consultation meetings.
The AWF representatives and donors agreed on instituting informal technical meetings twice a year where...
The Bank proposes to host the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund
25 April 2022
The Director of African Development Bank's Water and Sanitation Development Department, Osward Chanda expressed the Bank's desire to host the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund, currently under development. Chanda said, on April 20, so during an outreach meeting of potential host institutions...
Do you have a water or sanitation project in Africa for which you are seeking funding? Check if your proposal meets these eligibility criteria of the African Water Facility
19 April 2022
The African Water Facility (AWF) is open to receiving water or sanitation project proposals and applications for possible funding from all African Regional Member Countries (RMCs), Regional Organizations, River Basin Organizations, civil society organizations, multilateral institutions and partners...
La Facilité africaine de l’eau reste ouverte aux demandes de financement de projets
13 April 2022
Avez-vous un projet pour lequel vous cherchez le financement ? La facilité africaine de l’eau (FAE) reste ouverte à recevoir des propositions de projets innovants dans les domaines de l’eau et de l’assainissement.
Les projets, qui pourraient bénéficier d’un financement en 2023 en fonction de leur...
How Sokode Became a benchmark City for sanitation in Togo
11 April 2022
« It was two in the morning one night when I needed to go and relieve myself. But the public latrines were a long way from my home," recalls Zalia Zoukoufoulou, who lives in Sokodé, the second-largest city in Togo, located 350 kilometres north. Zalia's anecdote revealed how hard it is for large...