The African Development Bank (AfDB) has decided to invest CFAF 49.5 billion (€75 million) for the drinking water supply project called "Grand Libreville".
The goal is to provide universal access to safe drinking water in Libreville, Owendo, Akanda and Ntoum.
The Gabonese capital, Libreville, and the outlying cities of Owendo, Akanda and Ntoum have a drinking water deficit of 50,000 m3 per day.
It is a question of guaranteeing, in the years to come, access to the resource for the entire population.
We must congratulate the country on this project because giving access to water to the needy is fundamental,” AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina recently said.
Part of this amount should be injected by the African Growing Together Fund (AGTF).
It is an investment fund created jointly by the AfDB and the People’s Bank of China (PBC).
In addition to this supply programme, Gabon’s Minister of Energy and Water Patrick Eyogo Edzang suggested in June 2018 that the construction of a drinking water treatment plant with a capacity of 140,000 m3 of water per day would also be launched.
The project will be led by the pan-African group Eranove.
Jean Marie Takouleu