News from the AWF
All the latest news from the African Water Facility (AWF).
The African Water Facility explores innovative approaches to improve access to urban sanitation at Dakar Workshop
The African Water Facility (AWF) in collaboration with the AfDB office in Senegal (SNFO) organized a regional workshop in Dakar for three days from October 4 to 6 to highlight the importance of issues relating to urban sanitation in Africa.
Categories: Senegal, Innovation, Sanitation and hygiene
Pilot city project to guide achievement of universal water supply and sanitation access in Zimbabwe
The implementation of an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) Masterplan will help Marondera city of Zimbabwe reach universal access to drinking water and sanitation by 2025. The design of Marondera’s IUWM masterplan is supported by a EUR 2 million grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) with a view to ensuring sustainable management of water and sanitation services for the region’s population.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Project preparation, Drinking water, Sanitation and hygiene, Integrated water resources management, Innovation
AWF Named Project Preparation Facility of the Year by Africa Investor
June 9, 2015, The African Water Facility (AWF) was recognized as “Project Preparation Facility of the Year” at the Africa investor (Ai) CEO Infrastructure Developers and Investment Summit 2015, during a ceremony held in Cape Town, Tuesday June 2.
Categories: South Africa, Project preparation, Innovation
AWF suggests potential sanitation revolution around the corner at AfricaSan 4 Conference
What’s the future of sanitation in Africa? The sector has been sluggish at reaching the objectives set out by the Millennium Development Goals, disappointing even the most optimistic advocates. Should all hopes go “down the drain”? Not yet, according to Ousseynou Guene, sanitation specialist for the African Water Facility.
Categories: Senegal, Innovation, Sanitation and hygiene, Public-Private Partnership
African Water Facility promotes multiple use water services to increase access to water of rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa
Tunis, Tunisia – The African Water Facility (AWF) offered on August 20, 2014 a €1.3 million grant to the Water Research Commission of the Republic of South Africa to improve water delivery services, an initiative that will be...
Categories: South Africa, Agricultural water management, Innovation
