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Rwanda to Benefit From $62 Billion Fund to Address Water Challenges in African Cities
Rwanda is set to benefit from the African Cities Water Adaptation (ACWA) Fund which is set to address water issues and build climate resilience as a way of ensuring sustainable urbanisation in African cities.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Madagascar: The World Bank Promises $220 Million for Drinking Water in Tananarive
The loan is intended mainly to finance new drinking water supply infrastructures in the capital Tananarive.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- finance, infrastructure, sanitation, WASH, water
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Pushing the Water Boundaries: How Social Impact Incentives Can Make WASH Enterprises More Innovative, Impactful and Catalytic
The water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector is ripe for change, as it is far from being on track to achieve universal access to safe drinking water (SDG 6). According to Shabana Abbas at Aqua for All, and Bjoern Struewer and Patrizia Baffioni at Roots of Impact, impact entrepreneurs can drive the sector forward, but their funders will need to move away from the usual grant models to explore more innovative and sustainable financing approaches. They discuss one such model – Social Impact Incentives – and how it's being applied successfully to support WASH enterprises.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, WASH
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World Bank to Fund $900 Million Development Projects in East Congo
The World Bank and Congo have signed two funding conventions of $900 million to boost female entrepreneurship and access to water and electricity in the east and west of the country, the Bank said in a statement.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- economic, electricity, entrepreneurs, funding, water
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Viewpoint: Water Torture: Asia‑Pacific’s “WASH” Crisis in Need of Solutions
Access to clean water is not only a development challenge but one for geopolitics, too.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- crisis, hygiene, sanitation, WASH, water
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Community Carbon to Invest $20 Million in Clean Cooking and Drinking Water
The funding will be phased in by Carbon Streaming Corporation to support access to clean cooking and drinking water in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- clean cooking, financial services, funding, WASH, water
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Press Release: Recycled Plastic Content Pledges By Coca-Cola And Pepsi Won’t Save The Oceans
New research finds leading beverage giants’ recycled content goals won’t address 93% of aquatic plastic bottle pollution. Oceana’s response: it’s time to switch to refillables.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: WaterAid and The VF Foundation Launch Program to Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Cambodia
WaterAid and The VF Foundation announce the launch of a year-long program to reach more than 85,000 people with access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- hygiene, sanitation, social impact, WASH, water
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