The African Development Bank Group [to 10 January 2015]

The African Development Bank Group [to 10 January 2015]
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African Water Facility to help tackle food insecurity, flooding and droughts in Uganda and South Sudan.
09/01/2015 – The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on January 9, 2015 that it has offered a €1.97 million grant to the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) to increase water availability for multiple purposes in the Nyimur region of Uganda and South Sudan. The grant will support the improvement of irrigated agriculture and food production, fisheries, electricity generation and sanitation as well as the prevention of flooding and droughts in the region.

Ghana and Togo sign project agreement to bring drinking water to Lomé and Ghana’s coastal communities
09/01/2015 – The governments of Ghana and Togo signed on 12 December 2014 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an African Water Facility -supported pipeline to bring drinking water from the lower Volta River in Ghana to the city of Lomé in Togo and the Ghanaian communities along the water transfer route.