November 04, 2025
Gambia: Water At Our Doorstep - Women Leading Change in Rural Gambia
In Jarra Madina, a small farming community in The Gambia's Lower River Region, life once revolved around a daily struggle for water. Women and girls would set out at dawn, walking… Read more »
October 24, 2025
Burundi: African Development Fund Approves Additional $8.6 Million Grant for Clean Water Supply and Climate Change Resilience in Rural Burundi
The African Development Fund, through its Climate Action Window, has approved an $8.6 million grant in additional financing to support the implementation of the first phase of the… Read more »
October 21, 2025
Ethiopia: African Development Bank Group Approves Additional Funding to Develop Climate-Resilient Water Infrastructure in Ethiopia's Borana Region
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved $16.38 million in additional financing for the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods… Read more »
October 13, 2025
Rwanda: Bank Group Lauds Rwanda's Momentum On Transformative Muvumba Dam Project
An African Development Bank mission to Rwanda has praised progress and affirmed continued implementation support toward the timely completion of a multipurpose dam on the country's… Read more »
October 01, 2025
Uganda: African Development Bank Group Approves USD 500,000 Grant to Support Uganda's Emergency Flood and Landslide Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $500,000 from its Special Relief Fund to support Uganda's Relief Emergency Response Project. Read more »
September 23, 2025
Tunisia: In Sejnane, Water Brings Life - - and Opens the Future
On the green hills of Sejnane, in northern Tunisia, running water was never a given. For many years, women, men, and children from nearby villages had to fetch it daily from… Read more »
September 16, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Water and Health Centres Changing Lives in Kasaï
Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of… Read more »
September 15, 2025
Chad: National Sanitation Forum in Chad - African Development Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Supporting Universal Access to Sanitation Services
The African Development Bank Group has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Chad's efforts to achieve universal access to sanitation services during the country's inaugural… Read more »
September 11, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria - African Development Bank and ICRC Partner to Support Inclusive, Resilient Water Services in Maiduguri
The Government of Borno State, in collaboration with the African Development Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have convened a partnership roundtable to… Read more »
August 11, 2025
Central African Republic: The Central African Republic and the African Development Bank Group Launch an Ambitious Programme to Develop Water Resources in the Ubangui River Basin
The government of the Central African Republic and the African Development Bank Group launched the Regional Support Programme for the Development of Cross-Border Water… Read more »
August 04, 2025
Eritrea: Transforming Dust - How Eritrea's Dams Are Revitalizing the Land
In villages across Eritrea's dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water.… Read more »
July 28, 2025
Central African Republic: Central African Republic - Inauguration of New Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Bangui and Surrounding Areas
What? Inauguration of Water and Sanitation infrastructure Read more »
July 22, 2025
Angola: The Power of Water - How the Angola Institutional and Sustainability Support to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project Is Transforming Lives
"Before this support, we had a lot of difficulties accessing water. We used to fetch it from the river. It was very distant for us, and we suffered from many diseases. But now,… Read more »
July 21, 2025
Africa: Webinar On Human Right-Based Approaches and Strategies for Investments in Water and Sanitation
Who: African Development Bank Group, Human Rights 2 Water, Water Research Commission Read more »
July 14, 2025
Malawi: African Development Bank Project Enhances Water Access in Malawi Town
In the green hills of Rumphi, northern Malawi, the hum of progress can be heard at the newly established Rumphi Technical College. With its modern buildings, new equipment, and a… Read more »
July 04, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank to Host Workshop On Water-Energy-Food Nexus Investment Framework
Who: African Development Bank Group Read more »
June 18, 2025
Gabon: Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina Inaugurate Water Pumping Station for Greater Libreville
Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina on Monday jointly inaugurated a new drinking water pumping station, marking… Read more »
June 15, 2025
Gabon: Opening Ceremony for Pk-5 Water Pumping Station
What: Opening ceremony for PK-5 water pumping station Read more »
May 30, 2025
Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa Remains a Challenge, According to Panellists
Policymakers and sector experts reviewed the challenges of "Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa" on Tuesday 27 May at the African Development Bank Group's 2025… Read more »
May 20, 2025
Morocco: Morocco - Perforation of the Al Massira Dam Sets New Civil Engineering Standard for Africa to Meet the Challenge of Water Stress in the Marrakech Region
The question of water management is of paramount importance in debates on Africa's development. It will be central to the upcoming Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank,… Read more »
May 19, 2025
Africa: Annual Meetings 2025 - Side Event On Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa
What: 2025 Annual Meetings side event: Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa - the Driving Role of the African Water Facility Read more »
May 17, 2025
Mauritania: Mauritania - African Development Bank Supports Rural Climate Resilience With New Sustainable Water Access Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved financing of over $18 million for Mauritania to launch the "3R-Water" project, which aims to improve… Read more »
May 02, 2025
Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Decade of Life-Transforming Actions Provides Drinking Water and Sanitation for 94 Million Africans
Over the decade running up to 2025, projects financed by the African Development Bank Group have provided breakthrough access to drinking water and sanitation for 94 million… Read more »
May 05, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Appoints Mtchera Johannes Chirwa As Director for the Water and Sanitation Department
The African Development Bank Group has appointed Mr. Mtchera Johannes Chirwa as Director for the Water and Sanitation Department. Mr. Chirwa, a Malawian national, brings to the… Read more »
April 23, 2025
Equatorial Guinea: 'It's Like Mineral Water!' an African Development Bank Project Is Transforming Communities in Equatorial Guinea
"It's like mineral water!" exclaim the women of Onvang Eñenh, gathered around a water well with a solar panel above it. New water and sanitation facilities have changed the… Read more »
