African Water Facility

Happy 60th anniversary to the African Development Bank Group! 🎊 As a Bank-hosted special fund, the African Development Bank has supported the African Water Facility with resources, technical guidance and administrative budget since the Facility opened its doors in 2006. We are proud to see the Bank celebrate this key milestone of #MakingADifference in Africa. To find out more about the Bank's work and achievements over the years, travel back in time through its interactive timeline: https://lnkd.in/e44JuFQQ #AfDBat60

The African Water Facility has secured 12 million euros from the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) for the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII). AUSII will support African governments, utilities, the private sector, and other stakeholders to expand access to safe and sustainable sanitation in African cities. “We are delighted to have successfully launched AUSII and to have secured this grant from the Nordic Development Fund as we operationalise our new financing window for urban sanitation. We hope to see more support from other partners for this important initiative which will ensure inclusive and sustainable access to safe sanitation and cross-cutting impact on development on the continent,” said Mtchera Johannes Chirwa, Coordinator, African Water Facility and Acting African Development Bank Group Director for Water Development and Sanitation. AUSII, the new financing window within the African Water Facility, comes at a time of increasing demand for water and sanitation on the continent, and for the Facility’s resources and expertise to prepare projects and mobilise investment to meet the demand. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ei7xKAfJ Satu Santala Ole Stubdrup #africanwaterfacility #urbansanitation

"Over the next 10 years, the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) aims to spend $320 million across 50 projects and provide 15 million people with safely-managed sanitation services. The initiative will develop and demonstrate new business models and financial instruments, prepare bankable and investment-ready projects, and implement innovative and inclusive approaches (including PPPs and city-wide inclusive sanitation) that can be replicated." Find out more about African Water Facility's ambitions for the AUSII financing window: https://lnkd.in/eCBpdtfC Image credit: Global Water Intelligence (GWI) #africanwaterfacility #sanitationforall

#RECAP: At the just concluded World Water Week, the African Water Facility and African Development Bank Group participated and co-facilitated series of events, to share knowledge and enrich conversations. Some highlights include the launch of Bank publication "Water Policies to Support Investments in Humans and Nature: a Compilation of Good Practices from Africa", and panels on: 💧Coordinating rural water investments to achieve security and stability 💧Leveraging Nature-based Solutions for ecosystem resilience and water security 💧Technical solutions for secure water supplies: WEFE-Nexus in Transboundary Contexts 💧Incentivizing Sustainability in National Rural WASH Programmes – Strategies and Tactics for Multi-lateral Development Banks 💧Results-based funding for safe drinking water services for 100m rural people by 2030 #africanwaterfacility #WWWeek

We're live for the launch of the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII). 📍Join us at Room 15, Scandic Continental Hotel or online via: bit.ly/AUSIILaunch. #sanitationforall

💩💧Happening tomorrow! On the sidelines of the 2024 Stockholm #WorldWaterWeek, and together with the African Union’s Continental Africa Water Investment Programme - AIP, the African Water Facility will formally launch the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) – its newly established and dedicated sanitation financing window. AUSII promotes a paradigm shift from conventional infrastructure investments to inclusive and innovative urban sanitation approaches, tailored to the diverse realities of different cities in Africa. 📍Room 15, Scandic Continental Hotel Participate in-person or online: https://lnkd.in/gkVjrznK #africanwaterfacility #sanitationforall #AUSII

💧The African Water Facility has released its "Investment Promotion Approach and Action Plan 2023-2028." This strategic document, produced with the support of USAID, outlines our roadmap for mobilizing essential investments to transform water and sanitation infrastructure across Africa. 👉Find out how we're in action for a healthier, more sustainable continent: https://lnkd.in/e8X-6uSU #AfricanWaterFacility #SustainableDevelopment #Infrastructure

What is the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) and why does it matter? On Tuesday, 27 August on the sidelines of the 2024 #WorldWaterWeek, the African Water Facility will formally launch this new financing window that is dedicated solely to improving access to safely managed sanitation in African cities. Register to participate online or in-person: https://bit.ly/AUSIILaunch #africanwaterfacility #sanitationforall

The African Water Facility is supporting the update of feasibility studies and engineering designs for improvement of liquid and solid waste management at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and its environs in #Ghana. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is Africa's 3rd largest medical complex. #africanwaterfacility #sanitationforall

#DYK: Funding from the African Water Facility has generated almost €2 billion downstream investments in water and sanitation since 2006. Funding from the Facility continues to help African countries to finance water and sanitation initiatives and mobilise additional financial resources to meet national, regional and global water and sanitation targets such as the Africa Water Vision 2025 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e4NTKnik #africanwaterfacility #water #sanitation