Presentation- Tenth Roundtable on Financing Water- Side Event 1- Alex Simalabwi

1. Africa’s Rising Investment Tide: Investment Action Plan
Unlocking USD 30 Billion per year to Achieve Water Security and
Sustainable Sanitation in Africa

2. AIPINTERNATIONALHIGH-LEVELPANELONWATERINVESTMENTS FORAFRICA
Mobilise high level political commitment and leadership for water investments, peace and security

3. ASIGNIFICANTOUTCOMEOFTHEUN2023WATERCONFERENCE
• Launched on 22 March 2023 at a UN 2023 Water
Conference side-event by the High-Level Panel, in
collaboration with the African Union Commission.
• Outlines a five-point action plan for African governments
and global leaders to mobilise at least an additional US$30
billion/year by 2030 towards SDG water-related targets.
• Identified potential sources of finance for water and
sanitation investment to mobilise an additional
US$30bn/year by 2030.
Achieving water security for all on the continent
is possible by 2030 and within the power of
African leaders.

4. AIPPYRAMIDOF
INVESTMENT
TRANSFORMATION

5. Building on the HLP report, the Investment Action Plan:
Aims to:
• Unpack the types of projects being prioritised by countries and
assess whether they match the available supply of finance
• Propose concrete actions on how funds can be raised from
each investment source and directed towards the priority
projects and programmes

6. AUC Request for priority project submissions from countries, meeting the
criteria from the first report’s 5-point Action Plan
• 53 national projects submitted by 19 countries
• Combined investment value of US$27 billion
• Cover the entire water supply value chain
• Several projects link the project aims with climate resilience
• Submissions included overview of challenges experienced in raising finance
• 15 transboundary projects under the second phase of the PIDA-PAP 2
• Combined investment value of US$9 billion
• Hydropower and multi-purpose dams, water resource development and water
transfer projects
For future pipeline development, collaboration is needed between initiatives – e.g.
African Water Facility’s 2023 call for proposals

7. Key actions to
unlock at least
US$30
billion/year
from nine
investment
sources in the
AIP Pyramid of
Transformation

8. 5 actions to take now to
unlock investment

9. • Strengthen project pipeline and revenue streams to meet the expectations and
needs of a range of investors, including climate funds
• Engage a range of investors and supporters to bring ideas and expertise and build
capacity
• Coordinate among key ministries and development partners and across different
financial organisations to avoid duplication
• Hold investment summits at national and regional level to facilitate dialogue
• Set up investment advisory services to provide practical advice and case studies of
best practices
Prioritise continental and country-level platforms that
match funding sources to investment opportunities,
projects, and programmes seeking finance
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10. • Invest in updated and robust national policies
and strategies, institutional capacity building,
costed water investment programmes,
monitoring and reporting, financial
management systems, legal frameworks, clear
regulations, and efficient service providers
• Lead national agencies engage a range of
stakeholders and initiate key foundational
actions - prioritise and sequence actions
Commit to long-term strengthening of the enabling
environment and increasing the bankability of service providers
and projects
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11. • Enhance monitoring and reporting systems, compliance frameworks, and legal and
regulatory instruments for the use of water by industrial and agricultural enterprises
• National governments hold to account all commercial entities using water, not only
for paying for water resources, but also for water resources’ protection and
development
• Financial institutions account for water related risk that the activities they finance
are exposed to and reflect water risk in their pricing of capital.
Create a legal and regulatory environment that promotes
water stewardship amongst commercial water users
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12. Enable African governments to access cheaper capital for
water and sanitation
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• Development partners provide access to concessional finance, and participate in
blended finance mechanisms that leverage larger funding streams
• Improve financial sector regulation and innovative financial vehicles that reduce
transaction costs
• Position water security as key to economic development to influence the reform of
global financial architecture, including greater financing of public goods such as
water.
• Establish an AU committee comprising Heads of State to mobilise high-level political
leadership and commitment to champion water investments
• Identify the roles for key multilateral agencies, multi-national organizations and
investors through a consultative approach.

13. Strengthen data and information systems so that progress
can be monitored and evaluated
• Countries invest and allocate resources for data, implement comprehensive and
regular reporting, review, and analysis of progress on water security
• Using AMCOW’s Water and Sanitation Sector Monitoring and Reporting System
(WASSMO), national Joint Sector Review processes and participation in global
reporting mechanisms
• Countries implement the AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard as a tool to engage
with public and private investors on financing water infrastructure
• Disaggregate indicators by population groups and strengthening civil society
engagement to improve equitable access to basic services
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