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Special Messages
February 9, 2025

AMCOW mourns the passing of His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, Father of the Nation and Founding President of the Republic Of Namibia

We convey the condolences of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) on the passing of the founding father of the Nation and president of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma on 9 February 2025.

We join the people and the Government of the Republic of Namibia in mourning during this dark moment.

We will, forever, remember His Excellency’s dedication of his life to his people. He lived a remarkable life serving, from an early age, the people of the Republic of Namibia as a freedom fighter, revolutionary leader and the founding father of the Nation.

His extra-ordinary and exemplary leadership laid the foundations on which policies for sectors including water and sanitation were built and established for the benefit of the people of the Land of the Brave and beyond.  

His legacy will always remind us of what it really means to apply the philosophy of ubuntu.

By Genevieve Osuorji
Bala
News
February 5, 2025

AMCOW announces Acting Director of Corporate Services

The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) announces the appointment of Mr Bala M Taham as acting Director of Corporate Services. The appointment takes immediate effect.

Mr Bala is a pioneer staff member of AMCOW. He brings to the role over two decades of experience and demonstrated success in financial management, administration, human resources management and procurement.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU Zaria). In addition, he is a certified member of the Chartered Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (CICMA), the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (CIPs).

Mr Bala has held several positions in the Corporate Services Department at AMCOW – including Project Accountant, Procurement Specialist, HR and Procurement Specialist, and currently, Government Liaison Officer. He will act as the Corporate Services Director pending the appointment of a substantive Director for the department.

By Genevieve Osuorji
Procurement
January 21, 2025

Second Call for Expression of Interest – AMCOW Secretariat Roster for Experts

The second round of submissions of submission of Expression of Interest is now open for the AMCOW Roster of Experts.

The AMCOW Roster of Experts (RoE) is a database of qualified service providers for delivering adhoc, short-term assistance to the Secretariat in the framework of its work programme.

The Roster applies for the purpose of contracting services such as consultancy, legal services and supply of goods, falling within the areas listed in the call for expressions of interest under the AMCOW budget.

Apply and share your expertise

Candidates are requested to submit their applications using the online form below. Before accessing the form, it is advisable to have the listed attachments ready for submission. 

Please, also consider: 

    • The attachments will contribute to the assessment and processing of your application. 
      • You can download Annexes I-III in word format below.
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      • The volume of your attachments should not exceed 15MB.
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Submit your application within one session. You can not return to the form, nor save it.
 
Interested individuals or firms are invited to submit their expression of interest on or before 31 January 2025. Please note that those who already submitted their expression of interest on or before 20 January 2025 need not to re-submit. Kindly note that submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
 

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By Genevieve Osuorji
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News
August 9, 2024

AMCOW ES Courtesy call on His Royal Highness, Minister for Natural Resources and Energy, Eswatini

On 25 July, the Executive Secretary made a courtesy call on the Honourable Minister for Natural Resources and Energy, His Royal Highness Prince Lonkhokhela. Underscoring water as an essential ingredient of ambitions for food and energy security; employment creation; human and environmental health; trade and regional integration; as well as peace and security, the need to attract commensurate financing to the water and sanitation sector cannot be overemphasised att. His Royal Highness acknowledged the Africa Water Facility’s support for the feasibility studies for the Nondvo and Hawane dams that will contribute to water infrastructure growth in the country. It was agreed to continue the engagement on how the AMCOW Secretariat can be of more service to the realisation of Kingdom’s water and sanitation agenda. The Executive Secretary was humbled by His Royal Highness’ gift and lesson on wearing the lihiya. Further discussions touched on the plans and overarching goal of the 9th Africa Water Week vis-à-vis ongoing consultation processes to ensure that the post-2025 Africa Water Vision effectively addresses the real needs of Member States.

Later in the day, the Executive Secretary met with the Chief Executive Officer of the Eswatini Joint River Basins Authority, Ms Sindy Mthimkulu. They exchanged ideas on the need to strengthen basin institutions for water management. They emphasised the vitality of sustainable water management to assure water security and enable both social transformation and economic growth.

By Genevieve Osuorji
Zambia
News
August 9, 2024

AMCOW ES Courtesy call on the new Minister for Water Development and Sanitation, Zambia

On 24 July, the Executive Secretary made a courtesy call on the new Minister for Water Development and Sanitation, Hon Collins Nzovu, MP. Discussions centred around developments in the Zambia water sector especially, Zambia’s drought response and measures to control the cholera outbreak. The opportunity was utilised to orientate Hon Nzovu on his role as a member of the Executive Committee of AMCOW. 

In addition, the Executive Secretary updated the Honourable Minister on the outcomes from AMCOW’s engagements at the 10th World Water Forum. Also discussed was the upcoming 9th Africa Water Week on 13-17 October 2024 in Cairo Egypt. The 14th Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee during the Africa Water Week will further guide the process of formulating the post-2025 Africa Water Vision and Policy.

By Genevieve Osuorji
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News
August 9, 2024

AMCOW ES at the 2024 South Africa National Youth Indaba

On Monday 22 July 2024, the AMCOW Executive Secretary joined the opening session of the 2024 South Africa National Youth Indaba. At the Indaba, Dr Mbaziira delivered a message of support at the invitation of the government of the Republic of South Africa. While, challenging the youth to assume their role, the Executive Secretary stressed the importance of resourcing programmes that meaningfully engage youth in the water and sanitation sector. Themed “The role of the youth in the water sector in Actively embracing the socio-economic gains of our democracy” the 2024 Youth Indaba provided a platform to take stock of programmes targeted at youth, encourage engagements, knowledge sharing and active participation of the youth in Water and Sanitation Sector activities. 

The agenda included an item to formulate an implementation plan for the AMCOW Youth and Gender Inclusion (YoGI) Strategy 2023-2030. The Strategy promotes youth empowerment; gender equity; and social inclusion in efforts to sustainably manage water resources; and ensure equitable provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Africa. The YoGI Strategy is aimed at revitalising implementation of AMCOW policies for mainstreaming youth (2013) and gender (2011) in the water and sanitation sector in Africa. In his message, Dr Mbaziira also used the occasion to congratulate Ms Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina, on her well-deserved appointment as Minister for Water and Sanitation.  Dr Mbaziira recalled the significant and various roles that South Africa has played, which have helped influence the water as well as sanitation agenda on the continent and contributed to the growth of AMCOW.


By Genevieve Osuorji
Programmes & Initiatives
December 8, 2022

AfricaSan

AfricaSan is one of AMCOW’s path-breaker initiatives born out of the recognition that investment in sanitation has historically been seriously neglected on our continent and that addressing Africa’s sanitation…

By Genevieve Osuorji
November 10, 2022

Request for Quotation: Server Room and Network Upgrade

AMCOW intends to upgrade the Server Room and Network to make the Server containing the Africa Water and Sanitation Monitoring Database accessible to Member States and other Stakeholders 24/7.

By Genevieve Osuorji
Archives
November 1, 2022

Request for Quotation: Supply and installation of complete hybrid inverter solar system and cantliver steel solar car park

AMCOW requests quotations from interested vendors for the following for the supply and installation of complete hybrid inverter solar system and cantilever steel solar car park

By Genevieve Osuorji
Archives
April 6, 2022

Request for Proposal: Internal Audit Services

AMCOW plans to activate the Office of Internal Auditor as established under Article 65 of AMCOW’s Financial Rules and Regulations which will be charged with reviewing the internal controls, systems, processes and procedures of AMCOW to ensure they are effective and operate as intended.

By Genevieve Osuorji