The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed financing agreements worth €115 million with the Government of Rwanda to support the Rwanda Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Programme as additional financing.
The funding, which comprises €114.27 million from the AfDB window and €0.8 million from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund, augments the original financing of €104 million AfDB loan and €43 million Africa Growing Together Fund loan approved by the Bank’s Board in 2017.
The additional financing will mainly support water supply infrastructure, and provide 1.5 million more people with access to reliable and sustainable water supply services. Of these beneficiaries, 700,000 live in peri-urban/ rural areas. The funding will cover strategic cities and address water challenges in areas with a low access rate of 45% − a figure that is well below the national average of 85%. The objective is to support Rwanda to achieve universal access to reliable water and sanitation services, by 2024 in line with the objectives of the National Strategy for Transformation. The scaled-up resources bring the number of beneficiaries of improved water services to 2.6 million and of improved sanitation to 475,000 over the programme’s duration.
The Bank is a lead development partner in the water and sanitation sector in Rwanda and enjoys a strong partnership with the Government. Under the first Rwanda Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation programme, the Bank is supporting sub-projects in the city of Kigali and the strategic satellite cities of Rubavu, Rusizi, Nyagatare, Muhanga, Huye, Musanze, and Karongi.
Original source: AfDB
Published on 17 January 2019
