Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Africa water, Sanitation May-June2015 Vol. 10 No.3 | Page 8

NEWS in brief

Around Africa

African Development Bank (AfDB) Group

AfDB Board approves US $123.77 million for
Angola Urban Water Project

Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria elected 8th President
of the AfDB

The Board of Directors of the African Development
Bank Group (AfDB) on April 1, 2015 approved a US
$123.77-million loan to the Republic of Angola to finance
the country’s Institutional and Sustainability Support to
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Service Delivery
Project.

Akinwumi Adesina was elected as
the 8th President of the African
Development Bank on Thursday,
May 28.

The project aims to improve water sector governance,
strengthen institutional capacity and efficiency in the water
and sanitation sector institutions at central and provincial
level, and improve access to sustainable water supply and
sanitation services. The project’s main outcomes include
(i) the establishment and effective functioning of seven
Provincial Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities, which are
autonomous; (ii) enhanced capacity for service provision at
the central and provincial levels; and (iii) expanded access
to water supply and sanitation. The project is planned to
be implemented over a 60-month period at a cost of US
$154.71 million of total budget.
It is located in seven provinces namely: Cabinda, Cunene,
Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Namibe, Bengo, and Cuanza
Sul. Access stands at 54% for water supply and 60% for
sanitation nationally as at 2012. The majority (85% or six
out of the seven provinces) has coverage below the national
average (ranging from 7% to 56%).

A Nigerian citizen, Adesina is currently
serving as Nigeria’s Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
He succeeds Donald Kaberuka, whose
second term as President of the Bank Akinwumi Adesina
ends in August.
His name was announced by Albert Toikeusse Mabri,
Minister of Planning and Development fo ȁ