In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, access to electricity remains very limited. In 2024, only 22.5% of the country’s population had access to electricity, one of the lowest rates in Africa. Mini-grid development is one of the solutions being deployed to improve access to the service. In 2021, the Moyi Power consortium was awarded […]
Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, faces major urban challenges: uncontrolled sprawl, climate vulnerability, waste management issues, precarious mobility, and pressure on natural resources. To address these issues, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF) launched the African Cities Program (ACP), aiming to transform African cities into resilient, sustainable, […]
Guinea, nicknamed “the water tower of West Africa,” has abundant water resources. However, in 2023, only 64% of the population had access to a source of drinking water, and barely 23% to a service managed safely according to WHO standards. In Conakry, rapid urbanization and an aging network in constant degradation cause significant losses and […]
Promoting the circular economy by encouraging waste sorting and recovering is one of the main missions of the National Waste Management Agency (ANAGED) of Côte d’Ivoire. The second most populated city in the country, with a population of nearly 900,000, Bouaké generates an estimated 1,000 tons of household solid waste per day. ANAGED aims to […]
Based on our experience as Verification Consultant for the SUNREF III program de 2021 à 2025, Phoenix has returned to Mauritius in December 2025 to support the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) in developing financial instruments for climate-related investments. This mission is part of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” (TFSC) program, co-financed by the […]
From its inception, Phoenix has been committed to a comprehensive environmental approach aimed at limiting the ecological footprint of its activity. This approach has been formalized by a CSR Charter integrating the challenges of sustainable development both in the company’s strategy and daily management and in the conduct of projects carried out for our clients. […]
This is a question our team has been working on since November 2025. In Mauritania, as in several West African countries, drinking water and sanitation tariffs have not been revised for many years. At the same time, however, networks are expanding, ambitious investment programmes are being launched and operators are struggling to improve their performance. […]
On 28 November, a participatory workshop was held at the Hotel de Convenções in Luanda, dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the recommendations arising from our study. This workshop marked a key milestone in the second phase of the study on the analysis of alternatives to subsidising vulnerable households’ access to water services and […]
Phoenix, alongside EDE International, has begun an expert mission in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the master plan for liquid sanitation in this sprawling metropolis. With over 12 million inhabitants, Kinshasa faces major challenges in terms of wastewater management, as well as stormwater and solid waste management. Recurring floods, lack of infrastructure, […]
In 2023, the National Water Company of Senegal (SONES) decided to update its Master Plan for drinking water supply in the Dakar-Thiès-Petite Côte region, originally developed in 2016. Senegal is experiencing significant population growth (an average of 2.7% per year over the last 10 years) and rapid, continuous urbanization (50% of the population now lives […]