The Continental Africa Investment Support Programme (AIP)’s Transboundary Water Investment Sub-programme will support specific priority projects identified by Member States and submitted
as part of the continental Africa Water Investment Programme fromMember States in all sub-regions of Africa. Member States that have been included in the first phase with specific projects include
Benin, Cameroon, Uganda, Tunisia and Zambia as well regional institutions by the ECCAS and SADC Water Fund hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa. The objectives are to:
• Support the creation of an enabling environment for accelerated planning, preparation and financing of transboundary and the regional water-health-energy-food nexus projects that
foster the integrated corridor approach for regional infrastructure development
• Get the AIP to leverage and influence USD 30 billion in climate resilience Sustainable Development Goal 6 water investments and create at least 5 million jobs
• Accelerate construction activities, job creation and boost industrialisation and trade.
Continental Africa Water Investment Support Programme (AIP) on Transboundary Water Investment Projects: Integrated Transboundary and Regional Investments in Water-Health- Energy-Food Security (WHEF)
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