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Since 2006, the African Water Facility has enjoyed the support of a wide variety of donors, ranging from OECD DAC Sovereigns, African Sovereigns, OECD DAC National Development Agencies, OECD DAC National Development Funds, International & Supranational Governmental Organizations, Philanthropic Foundations, as well as by the Facility’s administrative host – the African Development Bank.
Funding Windows and Quality of Funding
In accordance with the provisions of African Water Facility’s Resource Mobilization Strategy and Action Plan of February 2024, donors have a choice of four (4) funding windows to support the Facility’s operations.
In all cases, preference is given to Funding Window 1, and as multi-year core funding allows the Facility to optimize operational efficiencies.
Funding Window | Quality of Funding | |
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01 | Core Funding | Multi-Year |
02 | Earmarked | Program Allocation |
03 | AUSII | Capitalization |
04 | Technical Assistance | Monetary and/or In-Kind |
AWF Funding Window and Quality of Funding
Commitments, Pledges and Funding Targets
By March 2024, the African Water Facility mobilized over EUR 221.6 million in donor Commitments and Pledges, many of which were secured since early 2022, date of the implementation of AWF’s revised Strategy for 2017-2025.
AWF’s revised Strategy for 2017-2025 currently guides AWF’s increased resource mobilization and Advocacy efforts to not only secure AWF’s fully funded budget of EUR 62,5 million by end 2025, but also to finance AWF’s new pipeline of April 2022, requiring over EUR 300 million over the next 5 years, as well as to reach, over the next 10 years, the USD 320 million capitalization target of the African Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII). See Fig.2:
Our Donors in Detail
By March 2024, AWF’s 22 donors are:
Donor | Quality of Funding | |
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![]() | African Development Bank | Net income, administrative and in-kind support |
![]() | Algeria | Core support |
![]() | Australia (DFAT/AUSAID) | Core support |
![]() | Austria (Ministry of Finance) | Core support |
![]() | Austria (Austrian Development Agency) | Earmarked support |
![]() | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) | Earmarked support to AUSII |
![]() | Burkina Faso | Core support |
![]() | Canada (GAC/CIDA) | Core support |
![]() | Chad | Core support |
![]() | Denmark (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DANIDA) | Core and earmarked support |
![]() | Egypt | Core support |
![]() | European Union (EuropeAid) | Core support |
![]() | France (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | Core support |
![]() | France (Agence Française de Développement) | Technical assistance |
![]() | Nigeria | Core support |
![]() | Nordic Development Fund (NDF) | Earmarked support to AWF and AUSII |
![]() | Norway (NORAD) | Core support |
![]() | Senegal | Core support |
![]() | Spain (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise) | Core support |
![]() | Sweden (SIDA) | Core support |
![]() | United Kingdom (FCDO/DfID) | Core support |
![]() | USAID | Core support and Technical Assistance |
For queries, please contact African Water Facility.
AWF Donor Contributions
By March 2024, AWF Donor Contributions are as below:
Total Contributions and Pledges to Date: EUR 221.6 million
AWF Donor Contribution 2006-2024* / 6 March 2024
* Includes recent support from BMGF (for AUSII) and Spain and expected support from ADA and NDF (for AUSII)
* Technical assistance for experts: Austria, Norway, Denmark, and France
* African Sovereigns: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Nigeria, and Senegal
* Not computed: AfDB administrative and in-kind support of over EUR 26.3 million and recent technical assistance from France and Spain and USAID