The African Development Bank Group used Cairo Water Week as the stage to unveil the African Water Facility's 2026-2030 strategy, bringing the continent's water future into sharp focus.
The new strategy is a clear signal that the current approach to funding water and sanitation across Africa needs to shift. The Bank is calling on African countries to step up their own contributions to these projects rather than leaning on external sources alone.
Private investors are also being brought into the conversation. The strategy makes a direct appeal for greater private sector involvement in financing water and sanitation work continent-wide.
With water scarcity already pressing hard on communities from the Sahel to Southern Africa, the question now is whether governments and investors will answer the call before the 2026 window opens.
Originally published by AllAfrica.