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AfDB on How to Achieve the Water & Sanitation Development Goal

As water and sanitation remains one of the key development challenges facing African communities and nations, Mohamed El Azizi, the African Development Bank's Water and Sanitation Director thinks the Bank is in "a unique position to help African countries better cope with water and sanitation challenges." Speaking at the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW6), held in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, El Azizi said, the AfDB has "robust experience in managing dedicated trust funds and tools like the award-winning African Water Facility, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative, Clim-Dev Africa, IPPF-NEPAD..." More on AfDB in this BRIEFING

The Africa Water Week (AWW) is convened by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) in conjunction with the African Union Commission and organized with other development partners. The 6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6) was held from July 18th to 22nd 2016 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

General Assembly of the African Ministers’ Council on Water, 21st July 2016 - From left to right: Mohamed El Azizi, Water and Sanitation Director, AfDB; Suleiman Adamu, Minister for Water Resources, Nigeria; Gerson H. Lwenge, Minister for Water and Irrigation, Tanzania; Samia Suluhu Hassan, Vice President, Tanzania; Amadou Mansour Faye, Minister for Hydraulic & Sanitation, Senegal.

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