[Ghanaian Times] Parliament has approved a $125 million facility for the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Sanitation and Water Project (GSWP).
Category Archives: Water Sector News from Africa
Zimbabwe: Residents Chide Harare City Council Over Dry Weekend
[263Chat] The Combined Harare Residents Association bemoans the closure of Morton Jaffray Water Treatment plant by the City of Harare leaving the whole City without water due to failure by (ZimPhos) Chemplex chemicals to supply adequate water treatment chemicals.
Zimbabwe: Water Woes Hit Zaka District Communities
[Kubatana.net] Serious water shortages have hit communities in Zaka rural district after water points, wells ran dry and boreholes broke down. Speaking during the community feedback meeting facilitated by Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) in ward 18, the villagers stated that, the residents have been reduced to water scavengers as the water crisis worsen owing to lack of repair and maintenance of boreholes and water points by the District Development Fund (DDF) department and the Rural District
Zimbabwe: City Water Project On Course, Additional Funds Needed
[263Chat] Mutare City Council officials say the local municipality is making frantic efforts to mobilize additional resources to the tune of US$450 000 to execute works for the completion for a water pipeline project.
Namibia: Turning Ocean Into Drinking Water… Nujoma Commissions Desalinated Seawater-Bottling Plant
[New Era] Walvis Bay — Founding President Sam Nujoma says the Atlantic Ocean is Namibia’s gateway to accelerate food security and become a major player in green technological advancement, simultaneously addressing the country’s water shortages.
Tanzania: JPM – Tanga Water Woes Soon History
[Daily News] President John Magufuli has vowed to end water woes in three districts of Mwanga, Same in Kilimanjaro region and Korogwe in Tanga region as enshrined in Chama Cha Mapinduzi manifesto .
Africa: USAID and Lixil Announce New Global Partnership to Expand Access to Sanitation
[USAID] Last night, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership agreement with the global sanitation company LIXIL to extend market-based solutions for sanitation and hygiene to underserved and vulnerable communities around the world.
South Africa: Water and Sanitation On Implementing Water Projects in Kwazulu-Natal Amid Declining Water Levels
[Govt of SA] Department of Water and Sanitation set to speedily implement water projects in KZN amid declining water levels
Ethiopia: Govt Bans Flights Over Nile Dam Area
[Nation] Authorities in Addis Ababa on Monday shut down a part of the country’s airspace in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, where the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is being built.
Cameroon seeking to build $3bn dam to export electricity
Cameroon will build a $3-billion hydropower plant as part of an ambitious plan to make the central African nation an exporter of electricity by 2035. The 810 MW Grand Eweng project on the Sanaga river, a joint venture between the government and the US-based energy company Hydromine, is the fifth hydro-project on the river.