The Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund (AUSIF)
2018 - 2022 • African Development Bank (AfDB) / African Water Facility
Purpose
To significantly mobilise the financial resources and to develop a pipeline of investment projects that will support the African countries to meet the SDG targets in urban sanitation
Activities
The project will promote the adaptation and much wider application of tested approaches as well as support fine-tuning developed business innovations leading to robust affordable and financially and environmentally sustainable sanitation services for urban inhabitants in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the urban poor. The project will directly target 2 million urban dwellers and indirectly target another 6 million through the implementation of the prepared sub-projects. The project has 4 main components that are well aligned with the AWF 2017 – 2022 Strategy: (i) Establishment of an Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund (AUSIF) (ii) Investment Project Preparation: (iii) Catalytic Investments; and (iv) Investment Promotion.
The purpose of the programme is to significantly mobilise the financial resources and to develop a pipeline of investment projects that will support the African countries to meet the SDG targets in urban sanitation.
Countries of activity
Location of main activity
Objectives
The objectives are the following (i) Establishing the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund (AUSIF) (ii) Develop a pipeline of Investment Projects: (iii) Promote Catalytic Investments that can attract additional funding from Private sector and other Partners and Governments; and (iv) Promoting Investment to mobilise more funding for the sector.
Further information
The Programme officially launched June 4, 2018.
Research or implementation partners: AfWA, AMCOW, Speak Up Africa
Contact information
Jean Michel Ossete
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Cities Decentralised wastewater treatment (e.g. DEWATS) Enabling environment and institutional strengthening Faecal sludge treatment processes Market development Middle East & North Africa Multilateral organisation Political processes and institutional aspects Specific to one or several countries Sub-Saharan Africa Urban (entire city) Urban informal settlements (slums)
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