The first SWA Africa Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) held virtually on 4 November, built on previous global Finance Ministers Meetings organized by SWA in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2017.
The SWA Africa FMM was co-convened by global partners UNICEF and the World Bank Water Global Practice, as well as regional partners the African Development Bank and African Ministers' Council on Water.
The objective of the SWA Africa FMM was to develop and strengthen partnerships with finance ministers in the region for smart investments in water, sanitation and hygiene. The meetings underscored the crucial role of water, sanitation and hygiene to the African economy, population and environment during and after COVID-19, and offered ministers practical avenues for financing the sector. Ministers and leaders from United Nations agencies, International Financial Institutions, civil society, private sector and research and learning participated in the Africa FMM.
The SWA Africa FMM was preceded by a 2-month preparatory process that relied on multi-stakeholder dialogue at country level to ensure that finance and sector ministers are briefed and ready to actively participate in the FMM.
The SWA Africa FMM was live-streamed and simultaneous translated in English, French and Spanish.
PARTICIPANTS
FINANCE AND SECTOR MINISTERS
Hon. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria
Speaker
Hon. Ajedra Gabriel Aridru
Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
Hon. Mamadi Camara
Minister of Economy and Finance, Guinea
Hon. Mohamed Dhehby
Minister of Finance, Mauritanie
Hon. Augustus J. Flomo
Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Management, Liberia
Hon. Berhane Habtemariam
Minister of Finance, Eritrea
Hon. Lassané Kabore
Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Burkina Faso
Hon. Mohamed Maait
Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt
Speaker
Hon. Jean Baudouin Mayo Mambeke
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hon. Mthuli Ncube
Minister of Finance, Zimbabwe
Speaker
Hon. Bwalya K. Ng'andu
Minister of Finance, Zambia
Hon. Mambury Njie
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, The Gambia
Hon. Felix Mlusu
Minister of Finance, Malawi
Hon. Thabo Sophonea
Minister of Finance, Lesotho
Hon. Elysée Munembwe Tamukumwe
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo
Speaker
Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr
Minister of Finance Development and Planning, Liberia
Speaker
Hon. Clemence Chiduwa
Deputy Minister of Finance, Zimbabwe
Hon. Osvaldo Cravid Abreu
Minister of Infrastructures, Natural Resources and Environment, Sao Tome
Hon. Suleiman Adamu
Minister Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Nigeria
Hon. Yasir Abbas
Minister of Water, Sudan
Hon. Herbert Gotran Djono-Ahaba
Minister of Energy and Hydraulic Resources Development, Central African Republic
Hon. Negash Wagesho Amencho
State Minister, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ethiopia
Hon. Peter Ndumiso Bhembe
Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, Eswatini
Hon. Dr. Jonas Chanda
Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Zambia
Hon. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda
Minister of Health, Malawi
Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah
Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ghana
Speaker
Hon. Diallo Mamadou Dioulde
Deputy Minister, WASH Ministry, Guinea
Hon. Claver Gatete
Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda
Hon. Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni
Minister of Water, Rural Equipment and Village Hydraulics, Togo
Hon. Tesfay Ghebreselasie
Minister of Land, Water and Environment, Eritrea
Hon. Ronald Kibuule
Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
Hon. Nkaku Kabi
Minister of Water, Lesotho
Hon. John Mangwiro
Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe
Hon. Anxious Jongwe Masuka
Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
Hon. Nto Moakhi
Deputy Minister of Health, Lesotho
Hon. Mijiyawa Moustapha
Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Togo
Hon. Lizzie Funekile Nkosi
Minister for Health, Eswatini
Hon. Fawziya Abikar Nur
Minister of Health and Human Services, Somalia
Hon. Amina Nurhussien
Minister of Health, Eritrea
Hon. Niouga Ambroise Ouegraogo
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Burkina Faso
Hon. Voahary Rakotovelomanantsoa
Minister of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Madagascar
Hon. Neal Rijkenberg
Minister of Finance, Eswatini
Hon. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh
Minister of Health, The Gambia
Hon. Nancy Tembo
Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Malawi
Hon. Serigne Mbaye Thiam
Minister of water and sanitation, Senegal
Amb. Bobby Whitfield
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Liberia National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Commission, Liberia
Hon. Alpha Tejan Wurie
Minister of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone
Hon. Philp K Lansana
Minister of Water Resources, Sierra Leone
Heads of United Nations agencies, International Financial Institutions, and organizations
John Barsa
Acting Administrator, USAID
Speaker
Henrietta Fore
Executive Director, UNICEF
Speaker
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, WHO
Speaker
Wambui Gichuri
Acting Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank
Speaker
Mari Elka Pangestu
Managing Director, The World Bank
Speaker
Hon. Kevin Rudd
High-level Chair, SWA
Speaker
Dr Canisius Kanangire
Executive Secretary, AMCOW
Speaker
Brian Arbogast
Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Kitty van der Heijden
Director-General International Cooperation at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Dick van Ginhoven
Development Partner Relations, Water Finance Facility
Marianne Kjellén
Senior Water Advisor, UNDP
Cynthia Lewis
Deputy Director of Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Yunia Yiga Musaazi
Executive Director, UWASNET
Mary Okumu
Representative UN Women Freetown, Sierra Leone
Dr Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede
Zenith Water Projects
Joris van Oppenraaij
Manager Operations, Water Finance Facility
Dominic O'Neill
Executive Director, WSSCC
Vinicius Pinheiro
Deputy Director, ILO
Peter Repinski
Acting Executive Secretary, GWP
Aaron Salzberg
UNC
Speaker
The Finance Ministers' Meeting preparatory process
Engage in a dedicated preparatory process to strengthen and catalyze in-country dialogues and actions, and prepare Ministers of Finance for their participation at the FMM.
Global co-conveners
African Region co-conveners
Financing water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa
Closing the financing gap can be achieved through a combination of measures, including maximizing the use of existing resources and mobilizing additional finance from taxes, tariffs and transfers. Although African countries are at different stages of socio-economic development and will have different political and governance arrangements that will be more or less conducive to different forms of financing, they all have something in common: the need to increase the prioritization of water, sanitation and hygiene in national plans and budgets, especially during a time of public health concerns.
Several African countries are implementing innovative policies that are already proving the positive impact of water, sanitation and hygiene investment. These case-studies are included in SWA’s Water & Sanitation: How to Make Public Investment Work - A Handbook for Finance Ministers.
Water and Sanitation - How to make public investment work
A Handbook for Finance Ministers
The FMM will also draw on practical financing approaches from the Finance Handbook. Watch videos below from countries in Africa that have successfully implemented innovative financing mechanisms.
Webinars
Documents
View all Key documents| Key documents | Type |
|---|---|
| SWA Report on the 2020 Finance Ministers’ Meetings | |
| 2020 Finance Ministers' Meetings: Ideas and suggestions for follow-up at country level | |
| 2020 Country Overview: Sudan | |
| Arab Republic of Egypt Statement during the Africa Finance Ministers' Meeting | |
| Agenda: SWA Africa Finance Ministers’ Meetings | |
| FMM 2020 - CSO Messages | |
| About the 2020 FMMs | |
| Launch of the Handbook for Finance Ministers and kick-off of the preparatory process for the Finance Ministers' Meeting | |
| Guidance Note: 2020 virtual Regional Finance Ministers' Meetings |
