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Financing Water Security in Africa

Marrakech International Summit on Water Safety:For a participative and innovative basin management

World INBO Innovation Assembly(30 Sept – 03 Oct 2019)

By Francis Daniel BOUGAIRE

Representative of the Water Development and Sanitation

Department of the African Development Bank

Water security is key for inclusive and

sustainable socio-economic development

Source: JMP Update and SDG Baselines 2017

Access to at least basic drinking water (2015)

Main challenges

Infrastructure Deficit: Underdevelopment of

water resources

Weak Sector Management and Governance

Inadequate water

security hindering

inclusive and green

growth

Financing gap is

important

The Bank has a wide offer of financial instruments which are available for

projects transactions to all its clients

Bank Group Windows for Financing

African Development Bank (“ADB”)

African Development Fund (“ADF”)

Nigeria Trust Fund (“NTF”)

SPECIAL FUNDS – TRUST FUNDS

LOANS

GRANTS

EQUITY

RISK

GUARANTEE

CREDIT

GUARANTEE

BLENDED

FINANCE

Largest Client Countries for Water Development (in UA, 2000 to 2018)

Bank’s contribution to water security financing

0 200 000 000 400 000 000 600 000 000 800 000 000 1 000 000 000 1 200 000 000 1 400 000 000

Cameroon

Senegal

Egypt

DRC

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Mali

Nigeria

Tunisia

Zambia

Tanzania

Multinational

Uganda

Kenya

Morocco

Water Supply & Sanitation Agriculture and Rural Development Power Environment Industry, Minning & Quarrying Multi-Sector Social

Transitional Support Facility & other Trust Funds [AWF-RWSSI-IPPF-NEPAD-ETC]Instruments for additional specific supports

Pathways to increased funding for water security

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Preparing

high quality

bankable

projects

Ensuring private

finance to bridge

short to medium-

term gap :

Blended Finance

(Public + Private)

Enhancing

countries,

RECs, RBOs

water sector

governance

and building

capacity

6Thank You