Water is a scare commodity, that can’t be bought directly in the way many other commodities can be. Using diversified funding mechanisms will accelerate and help with the investment in water, specifically in companies and projects that contribute to the supply, monitoring and treating of drinking water. Those beneficiaries stand to grow as governments around the globe strive to circumvent the expected water shortfalls. According to the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo

Within the water value chain, the main PPP opportunities can be found in desalination, wastewater treatment and water reuse. For developing countries like South Africa, reliable funding from a public partner is key to closing the gap between expansion and access. There is, undoubtedly capacity to engage PPPs across a whole range of municipality types. The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database by the World Bank has data on over 6,400 infrastructure pro

Rainfall in Africa is highly variable with the total amount of precipitation changing through the years and across the continent. Africa has an average of less than 1,000 millimeters of rain falls per year across most of the continent. Rainfall tends to decrease with distance from the equator and is insignificant in the Sahara, in eastern Somalia, and in the southwest of the continent in Namibia and South Africa. But it has become more mutable: droughts and floods are more fr

Water stress and polluted water contribute to the death of many African populations daily. Every hour, an estimated 115 people die in Africa from diseases linked to improper hygiene, poor sanitation, and contaminated water, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). Wastewater is used to describe all forms of water which have been degraded in quality as a result of their overall usage. Wastewater that has been exposed to contaminants h

Corporate sustainability practices typically fall under the umbrella of ESG, i.e., environment, social, and governance practices, which represent the three pillars of sustainable investing. Increasing water scarcity is one of South Africa’s greatest challenges. The local demand for water supply in South Africa has increased, making the effective governance of available water resources to achieve water security and equitable allocation of water resources more difficult. Compan

South Africa continues try and strengthen municipal capacity and coordinate projects more effectively through a variety of structures. Inappropriate governance and institutional arrangements in managing national water services has a devastating effect on vulnerable communities. Adding to that, depletion of water resources through pollution, environmental degradation, and deforestation places more pressure to implement solutions that are geared to be efficient, innovative and