All systems symposium Africa

Published on: 13/07/2026

On the road to the Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium — Kigali, 17–21 August 2026. Read more...

Why Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Water need to be in the same room — and what we’ll be discussing in Kigali

Published on: 29/04/2026

The High-Level Ministerial Dialogues at the Symposium will produce decision-ready outputs for the Kigali Declaration on Systems Transformation. Read more...

Financing Africa’s water future: What I learned from Duflo and Tshabalala

Published on: 17/11/2025

Over the past six months, I've been exploring one central question: Why does Africa pay so much for capital — and what does this mean for the future of water and sanitation services on the continent? Read more...

Making water PPPs work for Africa: Lessons from global journeys and African realities

Published on: 14/10/2025

Sign up to stay tuned Through my own experience in West and Central Africa, I've seen that the weakest link in most PPPs is regulation. Read more...

Water and sanitation: Moving beyond the aid debate towards financial credibility

Published on: 16/09/2025

This blog is not a global diagnosis. It is grounded in the African context, which has been my professional focus for two decades. Read more...

Beyond de-risking: building the concept of financial credibility

Published on: 04/08/2025

A tenth blog, a bigger question Read more...

Africa’s development financing: Turning potential into reality

Published on: 15/07/2025

We often talk about the end of the aid era. But what does that truly mean for Africa? Read more...