More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough. The UN’s health and children’s agencies said a full one in four people globally were without access to safely-managed drinking water last year, with over…
New York/Geneva — To mark World Water Week 2025, new report highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities left behind. Despite progress over the last decade, billions of people around the world still lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene services, putting them at risk of disease and deeper social exclusion. A new report: Progress…
African Heads of State have expressed strong confidence in investors following positive responses to commitments made on the opening day of the African Union-Africa Water Investment Programme (AU-AIP) Water Summit 2025. Speaking on the sidelines of the summit on Thursday, Executive Secretary and CEO of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), Alex Sialabwi, said investors and…
African Ministers of Water have used the AU-Africa Water Investment Programme (AU-AIP) Water Summit 2025 to highlight the multibillion dollar opportunities in the water sector. The Ministers presented bulk water projects currently underway in their countries during a ministerial roundtable on how they are de-risking the water sector. Among the large water projects presented included…
Cape Town, South Africa — A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Somalia, led by the country’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, is currently in Cape Town to attend the Africa Water Investment Summit. The summit brings together African leaders, policymakers, and development partners with the goal of accelerating investment in…
The upcoming African Union-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025 will serve as a critical platform to translate political commitment into concrete investment in Africa’s water and sanitation sector. Held under the banner of South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the summit, which is set to take place in Cape Town from 13 – 15 August, aligns with the…
Technocrats in the water and sanitation sector have converged in Lilongwe for the 95th Strategic and Technological Council (STC) conference of the Africa Water and Sanitation Association (AfWASA). Among others, the technocrats are expected to explore new and blended financing mechanisms for the sector, including the public-private partnerships, green bonds, climate adaptation funds and performance-based…
Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza, striking a busy market and a water distribution point, killing at least 95 Palestinians, as the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave passed the grim milestone of 58,000. The Israeli attack on the Gaza City market killed at least 17 people on Sunday, including prominent doctor…
Many municipalities in South Africa are struggling to maintain a reliable supply of clean water to households and industries. Thankfully, technology is here to help. In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Helen Hulett, newly appointed chief sustainability officer at geospatial information science specialist AfriGIS, tells Duncan McLeod about the Resolve Water project that she leads…
