On 19 January 2023, the Phoenix/Axelcium consortium travelled to Abidjan to present the results of the firm’s work on the financial equilibrium of the sector to representatives of the Ivorian parties involved in the drinking water sector (Ministry of Water and Sanitation, ONEP, Instance Générale des PPP, Primature). This mission, conducted by the group between […]
The gender dimension is particularly relevant in the water and sanitation sector. It is mostly women and girls who are responsible for the tasks related to water collection, transport, storage and use. They are also responsible for most of the tasks related to the maintenance of sanitation facilities and hygiene education. But if their role […]
In 2019, Guinea adopted a new strategy for the professionalization of waste management around on four main areas: strengthening the legal and institutional environment; modernizing infrastructure and equipment and promoting PPPs; building the capacity of stakeholders; institutionalizing appropriate financing and monitoring mechanisms. Despite a significant improvement in solid waste management in Conakry in recent years, […]
The “Desert-to-Power” initiative, supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), aims to harvest the solar potential of 11 Sahelian countries with an initial focus on the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger). Five priority actions are identified: Development of grid-connected solar generation capacity, Reinforcement and extension of distribution and transport networks, Deployment […]
The energy crisis that the world is facing in 2022 continues to push further Public and Private players into reexamining their usual practices. The financial structuring of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the sanitation sector is no exception. Commissioned to assist the Tunisian Government in its studies for the development of a wastewater treatment plant […]
Dominica is an island in the Caribbean archipelago with a population of 74,000. It’s energy production is today largely dependent on fossil fuels. The Government of Dominica has decided to shift its energy mix, with the target of reaching 100% of its energy produced from renewable sources by 2030. To do so, a solar PV […]
The Ivorian authorities are currently making significant investments in drinking water supply infrastructure to improve access to this service for the population and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Cameroon has the 3rd largest hydroelectric potential in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the country is struggling to meet the demand for electricity: only 63% of the total population has access to electricity, 23% of which is in rural areas. The sector also faces other challenges, as network performance is poor: high losses, numerous supply interruptions and voltage drops.
In the Sahel, territories are facing situations of vulnerability, crisis and conflict. Entire regions are falling into “vulnerability traps” where social, economic and institutional determinants are combined, under the accelerating effect of climate change and demographic transformations. Households’ access to a drinking water supply service appears to be a sine qua non condition for reducing their vulnerability and the fragilities that exacerbate crises.
Considered as the “water tower of West Africa” because of the many rivers that take their source there, Guinea is however still struggling to supply its secondary cities with drinking water. In 18 of them, the situation is alarming, with a rate of access to the Société des Eaux de Guinée (SEG) network varying between 14% and 59% in 2019. The situation is even more worrying in the six regional capitals of Guinea, where the rate of access to water via the SEG never exceeds 35%.