Zambia gets AfDB $13.2m grants to boost water, sanitation

Lusaka, Jan. 10, ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ) The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided Zambia with about $13.2 million to enhance water, sanitation and hygiene projects in selected districts, according to a statement released on Friday.

The funding is part of the “Improving Access and Strengthening Innovations for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene” initiative.

It will focus on developing climate-resilient water supply infrastructure, upgrading sanitation and hygiene services and strengthening institutional capacity.

The project will target Kabwe in central Zambia and Bauleni township, a densely populated area in Lusaka, the country’s capital.

Minister of Water Development and Sanitation, Collins Nzovu, said the project would create 465 jobs during its four-year construction period.

Nzovu added that it would also improve the technical and financial sustainability of water utilities in Lusaka and Kabwe.

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“This amount of investment demonstrates the confidence that cooperating partners have in the leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema.

“It also showed the government’s prudent utilisation of public resources since it took office in 2021,” he said in a statement.

Additionally, the project will build gender-sensitive and disability-friendly sanitation and hygiene facilities in select schools and health centres in both Lusaka and Kabwe, benefiting over 460,000 people. (Xinhua)