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ZimFund MAGAZINE SPECIAL ISSUE 2015

ZimFund injects US$145m in water, power projects

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP 2 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015

Contents

3 Foreword by AfDB Resident Representative

4 Welcome Note by ZimFund Manager

5 Govt commends ZimFund water, energy interventions

6 Access to clean water,sanitation vital:Donor

7 About ZimFund

8 The development partners

9 ZimFund Heads of Development Agencies

10 The Winning Team

11 Rolling out water,energy projects:Phase One

12 ZimFund eases Mutare City Council water woes

13 ZimFund throws Masvingo a lifeline A ZimFund publication produced 14 High Level Visit of ZimFund Projects by the Zimbabwe Field 15 Zim Govt commissions Masvingo US$4.8 ZimFund Project Office of the African Development Bank 16-17 ZimFund projects: A success

18-19 COVER STORY: ZimFund injects US$145m in water, power projects

Contacts: 20 Masvingo Commissioning in pictures 21 Access to water and sanitation: Key human right AfDB Resident Representative Mateus Magala 22 ZimFund progress update [email protected] 23 VP Mnangagwa commends Chikanga Tank ZimFund Manager Emmanuel Nzabanita 24 Govt hails AfDB’s effective ZimFund administration [email protected] 25 Out and About Communications Officer Sikhanyisiwe Mlotshwa 26-27 Flashback [email protected] 28 Channel more funding to Zim Companies Liaison Officer Bothwell Nyajena 29 AFDB, World Bank’s Bulawayo, Gweru Tour [email protected] 30 Govt scales up efforts to clear debt

31 AfDB to help Zim resolve debt

32-33 If Mayweather-Pacquiao were an African Bank

34 11 Facts about Africa water and power

DISCLAIMER Next Issue Articles in this publication • Impacts reflect the opinions of the • Voices from communities authors and not those of the • Lessons African Development Bank, • Challenges its Board of Directors or and much more... the countries they represent. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 3 Foreword By

Dr Mateus Magala African Development Bank Resident Representative

T IS PAINFUL to lose loved ones key priority areas in infrastructure rehabilitation, to a disease that can be prevented. governance and institutional strengthening and pri- The cholera outbreak of 2008/9 in Zimbabwe vate sector development, aimed to build reliance saw at least 4 000 people losing their lives. against shocks and arresting fragility to build the IThe outbreak was generally attributed to foundations for the country’s full reengagement. poor water supply and sanitation in the cities. Specific projects target the rehabilitation This humanitarian crisis that attract- of the Kariba dam, the rehabilitation of water ed worldwide sympathy prompted sever- and sanitation infrastructure in Bulawayo and al countries to pledge resources towards wa- Marondera, support to Parliament and the Of- ter and sanitation rehabilitation in Zimbabwe. fice of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It was in this sequence of events that in May 2010 The Bank also invested sizeable amounts to fi- Zimbabwe witnessed the birth of Zimbabwe Multi nance Lake Harvest Fish Farm, in Kariba, the Donor Trust Fund (ZimFund) with Australia, Den- largest sustainable Tilapia fish farm in Africa. mark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and It is also involved in supporting debt man- United Kingdom as the contributing donors. These agement, public private partnerships, revenue funders then approached the African Development management, statistics, regional integration, Bank to administer the multi-million dollar fund. youth and tourism, and general economic man- « I would also The purpose of the fund, now capitalised to the agement. This support, together with ZimFund, like to invite tune of US$145 million, was to put mechanisms in significantly complements Government efforts other partners to place to avert possible water borne diseases in future. to achieve the current economic blue print of the join the cause to The fund, which was executed in two stages, Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Eco- promote a better focused on water and sanitation as well as energy nomic Transformation (ZimAsset)’s objectives. future for the sectors. The projects under the fund were meant to All stakeholders would, therefore, need to con- citizens of this ensure people in the country’s most affected cities tinue to work together with one mind and pur- country. » (Harare, Masvingo, Chegutu, Kwekwe, Mutare pose for the benefit of the people of Zimbabwe. and Chitungwiza) have improved water and san- I would like to commend the Government of Zim- itation facilities while the power project sought babwe and particularly the donors for taking an in- to complement water and sanitation projects by novative approach to help Zimbabwe in the face of enabling at least half a million citizens have reli- the current challenges and constraints among them able power supply to their sewage reticulation. lack of access to affordable long term financing. The country today experiences reduced in- I would also like to invite other part- cidences of water borne diseases and cholera, ners to join the cause to promote a bet- increased supply and availability of clean wa- ter future for the citizens of this country. ter into communities, improved reliability of We believe that information sharing is an im- power supplied to water supply and sanitation portant element in improving outcomes for all. installations, improved response to sewage out- This is the reason why we have decided to bursts by municipalities and improved operations launch this magazine to enable you to keep and management of water and sewer systems. abreast with part of ZimFund activities. The I am thus satisfied that each respective magazine also highlights the Bank’s goings-on. partner including donors, the Government In this maiden ZimFund maga- of Zimbabwe and local authorities played zine we share with you some of the mile- their active role in ensuring the programme stones attained during the projects’ journey. achieves the results that it set out to deliver. I hope you enjoy reading our exciting and It is again my pleasure to highlight that apart informative magazine. from ZimFund, which the Bank is administering on behalf of the donors, the Bank is financing other Happy Reading! 4 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 Welcome Note

Mr Emmanuel Nzabanita ZimFund Manager

T HAS been a this noble intervention. long winding but It is also my great pleasure rewarding journey to thank the donors, for the ZimFund. Government and people IBeing part of the team that of Zimbabwe, contractors, worked on the ZimFund Implementing Entities, gives me a reason to smile Procurement Agent, the when I reflect on the path beneficiary municipalities, that we have travelled and the power utility and the positive impact ZimFund all stakeholders who has made in the areas of contributed to the successes water and sanitation as well we talk about today. as energy in Zimbabwe. It would be a travesty of Implementation challenges, justice if I do not mention the of course, have been managerial role played by Mr. Ebrima Faal, former encountered along the the fund administrator – the Regional Director, « It is now my hope way but these have been African Development Bank Southern African Resource that sustainability of overcome and have become – whose support, led by the Centre (SARC), AfDB. the investments valuable lessons learnt for Resident Representative remains a top priority ongoing and future projects. Dr Mateus Magala, has of all the stakeholders, I am confident to say been unequivocal and especially the that ZimFund water and exercised at the highest beneficiary line sanitation projects have professional standards. It is now my hope that ministries and entities» to some extent helped to In this regard I would sustainability of the improve the availability of like to pay tribute to Mr. investments remains a clean water; alleviated water Ebrima Faal, former top priority of all the pollution and enhanced Regional Director of the stakeholders, especially capacity restoration, Southern African Resource the beneficiary line improved cost recovery by Centre (SARC), for the ministries and entities. beneficiary municipalities; role he played in the That is our desire reduced sewer establishment of ZimFund. and we believe we blockage and enhanced My remarks will not can achieve that feat. response to blockages. be complete without I hope you will enjoy On the other hand the power thanking the ZimFund reading the ZimFund project has complemented Multi Donor Trust Fund debut magazine the water projects Management Unit (MMU) that chronicles activities through improving the team who worked so and other important issues. reliability and availability tirelessly in their areas of As part of our of power to water and expertise to ensure that communication strategy, sanitation facilities, the projects are a success. we thought it best to health, and educational I would like to encourage produce a magazine institutions among others. them to continue to share with you what This feat would not have working hard to ensure you might have missed! been realised were it not Phase II projects for the contributing donor (second stage) reach Go ahead and Catch up! countries that pooled their logical conclusion. resources together for ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 5 Govt commends ZimFund water, energy interventions Mr W. L. Manungo Secretary for Finance & Economic Development/ ZimFund POC Co-Chair

HE Government of Zimbabwe and Masvingo Sewage Treatment Works. highly appreciates interven- The beneficiary municipalities also tions that have been made in received sewer cleaning vehicles and water and sanitation as well as equipment. Tenergy sectors under the African The municipalities are now wit- Development Bank (AfDB) nessing increased reliability, quality administered Zimbabwe Multi-Do- and availability of water supply and nor Trust Fund (ZimFund). restored wastewater treatment ca- The ZimFund Urgent Water Supply pacity through these interventions. and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project On the other hand, Phase 1 pow- « These (UWSSRP) and the Emergen- er project intervention has witnessed ZimFund interventions cy Power Infrastructure Rehabilita- the successful completion of the dis- resonate well with tion Project (EPIRP) are targeted to tribution and the sub-transmission Government’s economic benefit approximately 2.5 million system reinforcement package in blue print; the and 5.4 million people respectively. July and December 2014, respective- Zimbabwe Agenda for Special mention should be extended to ly, having officially commissioned Sustainable the Development Partners, whose con- the newly installed power trans- Socio-Economic tributions made the projects a success. formers in Norton and Chitungwiza. Transformation It is in this regard that Government It is envisaged that the Hwange (ZimAsset, 2013-2018), highly commends the disbursements Power Station Ash Plant Rehabilitation whose main thrust is received amounting to US$140.90mil- would have been completed by Decem- infrastructure lion, as at end of June 2015. The gov- ber 2015. rehabilitation, especially ernment looks forward to the fulfil- Through the power project interven- in the areas of energy and ment of the outstanding commitments, tion, about half a million people in water & sanitation » as well as closing of the financial residential areas would benefit from gap to fully cover Phase II projects. enhanced sewage reticulation through These ZimFund interventions reso- improved power supply, while about nate well with Government’s economic 11 600 residents would have been re- blue print; the Zimbabwe Agenda for stored to the electricity network. Sustainable Socio-Economic Trans- Drawing from the success recorded in formation (ZimAsset,2013-2018), Phase I projects implementation, Gov- whose main thrust is infrastructure ernment looks forward to the expeditious rehabilitation, especially in the areas of implementation of Phase two Projects. energy, water and sanitation. Lastly, I want to extend my Government is pleased to note that Phase appreciation to all the stakehold- 1 projects are now complete in all the ers, including my fellow Programme six cities of Harare, Chitungwiza, Kwe- Oversight Committee (POC) Mem- kwe, Chegutu, Masvingo and Mutare. bers, who have made the imple- In this regard, Government officially mentation of ZimFund a success. commissioned the Chitungwiza, Mutare 6 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 ‘Access to clean water, sanitation vital’ Mr Mats Bengtsson ZimFund Donor Co-chair 2015 Counsellor for Development, Sweden

FTER taking a show- clean water and sanitation through agement Agency (EMA) where er this morning I had the rehabilitation of infrastructure raw sewage that used to be di- myself a glass of wa- in water, sanitation and energy. rectly discharged into Manyame ter to refresh myself. Today 76 percent of the Zimba- River ultimately polluting Lake AIt felt good, but at the same time bwean households use so called Chivero, what would they say? sad as I realised that the joy of improved drinking water sourc- If asked whether ZimFund efforts having direct access to clean wa- es, but only 35 percent use im- have contributed to an improved liv- ter whenever I want (even though proved sanitation facilities. ing standard in terms of safer envi- my residential area in Harare also Apart from efforts to increase ac- ronment and greater (if not absolute) faces water shortage from time to cess, there is a concern over how access to clean water and sanitation time….) is certainly not for all. to generate revenue to operate and on the lines of the vision of the UN In 2010, the United Nations Gener- maintain rehabilitated infrastructure. General Assembly five years ago, al Assembly declared access to clean What do we see five years - af I hope the answer would be Yes! water and sanitation a human right. ter launching the ZimFund? It is my sincere hope that Zim- The UN resolution calls upon Are we moving towards the vi- Fund will increasingly find and states and international organi- sion of the UN General Assem- share more elaborate stories like sations to provide financial -re bly? Well, it is easy to see that these for a better understanding sources, capacity-building and the ZimFund was a slow starter of the needs as well as the Zim- technology transfer to assist coun- and that five years down the road Fund’s results and impact on peo- tries, in particular developing we are behind our expectations ples’ daily lives in Zimbabwe. countries, to provide safe, clean, as regards to implementation. An improved Monitoring and Eval- accessible and affordable drink- It is also easy to see that even uation system in phase 2 will help ing water and sanitation for all. though donors have placed US$145 us in finding and sharing stories of The very same year, seven do- million in the fund, it is little good results of our specific efforts. nors and the African Development in relation to the resources re- The ZimFund has only come half Bank found a way of assisting quired to fully address the needs. way to realise its original objectives. Zimbabweans struck by the chol- But it is equally important to In 2015 we are in a situation era outbreak that took the lives of notice that ZimFund has done a where we simultaneously handle more than 4 000 people in 2008/9. number of things to contribute to three different phases of the Zim- An ageing infrastructure and lim- the realisation of the UN vision. Fund; the closing of the first phase, ited revenues to operate and main- If we would ask the people rely- the designing and launching of the tain the systems had led to a decline ing on water from Pungwe River second phase and the initial for- in water supply and sanitation fa- and the Chikanga water reservoir mulation of a shared vision for a cilities with negative impact on in Mutare for access to water; if possible future of the ZimFund. quality and reliability of services. we ask the residents of Masvingo This is indeed challenging and The Zimbabwe Multi Donor Trust who see a rehabilitated Bushmead requires thorough analysis and Fund (ZimFund) was the answer Water Treatment Plant and the creativity from all of us involved. to the question on how to assist Rujeko sewage pumping station It is a challenge - but a pleas- to prevent future water borne dis- contributing towards clean riv- ant one - to represent the seven eases, and can be seen as a con- ers in the area of Lake Mutirikwi; donors as co-chair during these tribution to the vision of access to If we ask the Environmental Man- important times of the ZimFund. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 7 About ZimFund

Our history Governance Structure Fact File HE African Development Bank TGroup (AfDB) was requested THE governance structure for the ZimFund is a by a group of donors willing to as- one-tier: a Program Oversight Committee (POC) Lead Agency: African: sist Zimbabwe to establish and ad- supported by a MDTF Management Unit (MMU). African Development Bank minister the Zimbabwe Multi-Do- Membership includes representative from the Group (AfDB) nor Trust Fund (the “ZimFund”). Government of Zimbabwe and contributing devel- Type of Fund: Multi-Do- The Zim-Fund was established on 31 opment partners. It is co-chaired by a Government nor Trust Fund May 2010 when the Board of Directors representative from the Ministry of Finance and Scope: Funding and tech- of the Bank approved, in accordance Economic Development, and, on an annual rota- nical assistance to basic with Article 32 of the Agreement Es- tional basis, a contributing donor representative. infrastructure investments tablishing the African Development The POC provides overall strategic (rehabilitation and /or Bank, the recommendations contained direction to the Fund and oversees the im- construction works) fo- in a document titled: Establishment of a plementation of the Zim-Fund as a whole. cusing on water supply Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Zimbabwe. The POC meets on a quarterly basis or as of- & sanitation and energy) The purpose of the ZimFund is ten as required, and receive reports on Contributing Donors: to contribute to early recovery and resource mobilisation and activities sup- Australia, Denmark, Ger- development efforts in Zimba- ported by the ZimFund from the MMU. many, Norway, Sweden, bwe by mobilising donor resourc- All ZimFund supported activities are or should be Switzerland, and the Unit- es and promoting donor coordina- consistent with the government’s recovery and devel- ed Kingdom tion in Zimbabwe, so as to channel opment programmes, and also have a pro-poor focus. Lead GoZ Ministries: financial assistance to such efforts. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate; Min- istry of Energy and Pow- Urgent Water Supply Emergency Power er Development; and Ministry of Local Gov- and Sanitation Infrastructure ernment, Public Works Rehabilitation Project and National Housing Rehabilitation Date of Establishment: 31 Phase I Project May 2010 Donor Commitments: THE objective of Phase 1 of the project is to pro- Phase I USD144.5 million (June. vide support for restoration and stabilisation of 2015) water supply and sanitation services in six ma- THE objective of the project is to as- Commitments Paid In: jor cities, namely: Harare, Chitungwiza, Che- sist Zimbabwe to improve the provision USD140.80 million (Oct. gutu, Kwekwe, Masvingo and Mutare with of adequate and reliable power sup- 2015) a combined total population of 2.5 million. ply in an environmentally sound man- ZimFund Projects: Key outputs of the Project include: ner through the rehabilitation of the Ash The current approved n Physical rehabilitation of municipal water supply Plant at Hwange Power Station and the projects are in two phases and sanitation installations in the procurement, dis- sub-transmission and distribution facilities. of implementation, tribution of sewer cleaning vehicles and equipment Power supply interruptions, including namely (i) the Urgent Water to the beneficiary municipalities as well as training; shortages have had serious repercussions on Supply and Sanitation n Undertaking of Sanitation & Hygiene Education efforts by the Government to successfully Rehabilitation campaigns, the Investment Planning services and turnaround the economy and to achieve sus- Project (UWSSRP) (Phase the Institutional Capacity Development Consultan- tainable social and economic growth targets. I and II) and (ii) the cy completed; and The project components include Emergency Power Infra- n Removal of sludge from ponds for Harare, the refurbishment of the Ash Plant at structure Rehabilitation Chitungwiza and Chegutu. Hwange Power Station and the replace- Project (EPIRP) (Phase I The envisaged project outcomes include: increased ment of seven sub-transmission trans- and II). Phase I projects, reliability, quality and availability of water supply formers, 16 sub-transmission circuit were launched in Decem- in the project operational areas; restored waste- breakers, 507 distribution transform- ber 2011 and are currently water treatment capacity; and reduced incidence ers and a combined 360 km of cable and being winded down while of cholera and other water-related diseases.s. overhead lines throughout the country. phase 2 projects have com- menced. 8 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 The development partners

Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Danish Head of Mission to Zimbabwe German Ambassador to Zimbabwe Her Excellency Suzanne McCourt His Excellency Erik Brogger His Excellency Ulrich Wilhelm Rasmussen Klöckner

Norwegian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Swedish Ambassador to Zimbabwe Swiss Ambassador to Zimbabwe His Excellency Bård Hopland His Excellency Lars Ronnas His Excellency Luciano Lavizzari

ZIMBABWE experienced one of the worst outbreaks of cholera in 2008 which saw the death of at least 4 000 citizens and close to 100 000 cases reported. The principal cause of the outbreak was lack of access to safe water in urban areas and communities. This dire situation prompted several countries such as Australia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to come on board and help Zimbabwe recover through contribut- ing finances under the Zimbabwe Multi Donor Trust Fund (ZimFund) banner. To date, these donor countries have contributed US$145 million towards re- habilitation of water and sanitation as well as power infrastructure in the country.

United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe Her Excellency Catriona Laing ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 9 ZimFund Heads of Development Agencies

Christina Landsberg Signe Winding Albjerg Busso Von Alvensleben Head of Australian Aid Program First Secretary Director, KFW Germany Country: Australia Country: Denmark Development Bank, Pretoria Office- Country: Germany

Inger Tveit Mats Bengtsson Manuel Matrux Former Counsellor Counsellor - Development SDC - Programe Manager Country: Norway Cooperation Country: Switzerland Country: Sweden

ZimFund Objective

« To contribute to early recovery and development efforts in Zimbabwe by mobilising donor resourc- es and promoting donor coordination in Zimbabwe so as to channel financial assistance to such efforts »

Annabel Gerry Head of DFID Zimbabwe Country: United Kingdom 10 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015

The Winning Team 2014

AfDB Zimbabwe Field Office Staff

(L-R, Standing) Barry Nyamadzi, Edson Hlatshwayo, Emmanuel Nzabanita, Eskendir Demissie, Jane Mukiri, Bothwell Nyajena, Webster Gondo and Herbert Nyakutsikwa. (L-R, Seated) Eyerusalem Fasika, Muriel Sigauke-Tito, Mateus Magala, Laina Muguti and Mary Manneko Monyau. In 2014, AfDB received a First Prize Excellence Award from Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) for its contribution towards the authority’s capacity building development programme.

(L-R) Brighton Madanhire, Stephen Dihwa, Petronella Shingai Utete, Eliot Zvarevashe, Sikhanyisiwe Mlotshwa, Bernard Hwatura and Bernard Rapozo. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 11

The Winning Team 2015

AfDB Resident Representative in Zimbabwe, Dr Mateus Magala, flanked by staff, holds the 2015 trophy which the Bank once again scooped at ZIMRA Taxpayer Appreciation Day under the Human Resources Development category. Rolling out water, energy projects:Phase One

Sewer cleaning vehicles which were handed over to the six beneficiary municipalities under ZimFund - Chitungwiza, Chegutu, Kwekwe, Harare, Masvingo and Chegutu.

Fadzai Mukonoweshuro, Former Some of the ZimFund donors follow proceedings at the sewer cleaning equipment hando- Senior Program Manager, Development ver ceremony held at Harare Show Grounds. Cooperation, Australian Embassy. 12 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 ZimFund eases Engineer Donaldson Nyatoti Mutare City Council water woes

UE TO the lack tenance activities for the en- der a different programme of meaningful in- hancement of service delivery. and has since been completed. vestment in the ur- The sanitation sector equal- Bringing the reservoir onto ban infrastructure ly suffered from the lack of the supply network will pro- andD poor asset management investment in new infrastruc- foundly improve the water practices all occasioned by in- ture and maintenance short- supply situation to approxi- sufficient resources, the level falls, which resulted in inad- mately 10 000 high density of service delivery degenerated equate treatment capacity and households of Hobhouse and exponentially for some time. the network failing to cope surrounding suburbs by en- This degeneration mani- with the generated sewage. suring water supply through- fested itself in chronic wa- The oversubscribed sewage out the year, barring any un- ter shortages in most parts of network resulted in numer- foreseen technical problems. the City and poor sanitation ous blockages with the re- The chlorinator project was systems which persistently sultant spillages and the as- the supply and installation created a health hazard and sociated health implications of additional chlorinators at pollution of public streams. while the treatment works Odzani water treatment During this period water deficiencies resulted in the works to improve the disinfec- shortages in the City of Mutare discharge of partially treated tion process. were a common phenomena sewage into Sakubva River Water samples taken from across the whole spectrum of and in the process polluting it. the distribution network af- urban setup, with all suburbs Failure by the city to treat ter commissioning of the i.e. low, medium, and high its sewage to the prescribed chlorinators have shown a density areas being affect- standards proved to be fi- marked improvement in re- ed by the water supply gaps. nancially burdensome due sidual chlorine levels, which The gaps were attributable to to the penalties for pollution is required for disinfection inadequate distribution capaci- levied by the Environmental in the distribution system. ty in some areas and inadequate Management Agency (EMA) The sanitation projects storage capacity in other areas. and with the passage of included rehabilitation of This supply deficit result- time the city got to the stage the Gimboki Sewage Treat- ed in water being supplied where it could no longer af- ment Plant, resuscitation of for periods ranging from 24 ford to pay the penalties. the laboratory, and the com- hours in some parts of Sakub- As a city we are grateful pletion of the 12km Mutare va and Chikanga high density to the coming onboard of outfall sewer project which suburbs to four hours a day in ZimFund which has gone a had been left at approximate- some low density areas such long way in addressing the ly 50 percent in year 2000, as Greenside, Murambi, and city’s infrastructure in the ar- and supply of sanitation high density areas such as eas of water and sanitation. vehicles, equipment and tools. Hobhouse and Dangamvura. The water sector projects un- All the projects have since The suppressed demand had der ZimFund involved com- been commissioned and there a negative effect on the city’s pletion of the 10 megalitres has been a marked improve- cash flow situation, in -addi (ML) Chikanga/Hobhouse ment in treatment capacity tion to the attendant health reservoir, and upgrading of from approximately 30 percent and socio-economic impacts. the chlorination system at prior to the project to 100 per- The resultant suppressed the water treatment plant. cent with respect to the treat- cash inflows thus inhibited The reservoir project had ment works and improvement the city to invest in infrastruc- been left at 50 percent com- in sewage conveyance capacity ture development and main- pletion in the year 2000 un- with respect to the trunk sewer. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 13

ZimFund throws Engineer Masvingo Tawanda Gozo a lifeline

ASVINGO City go City residents. Laboratory equipment has a popula- Rujeko Pump Station now supplied under this proj- tion of about has back-up power supply in ect will ensure that we con- 92 000 peo- the form of a generator which tinuously monitor the sew- Mple. Its sole source of drink- means when there is no elec- age treatment process to ing water is Lake Mutirikwi. tricity, no raw sewage will ensure compliance with the Due to various reasons, be discharged into the river. effluent disposal regulations. among them dilapidated in- Prior to ZimFund interven- Pollution will be greatly re- frastructure against a growing tion, whenever there was a duced hence the City will population, the city was no lon- power outage, sewage would be environmentally friendly. ger performing at its best with find its way into Shagashe Riv- The project also provided regards to providing water and er hence, polluting the environ- training to our technicians and sanitation services. ZimFund ment including Lake Mutirikwi operators, this will ensure that brought much sought relief to which is the sole drinking water the equipment installed will the municipality in its quest source for the City of Masvingo. be well looked after in terms to improve service delivery. The new pumps that were of operation and maintenance. Allow me to share with you installed at the two sewage The maintenance bill for the the situation that prevailed pump stations will also ensure City will be lower hence the prior to ZimFund interven- that sewage is consistently residents will also pay less tion and the status today. pumped to the sewage treat- in terms of service charges. The capacity of the Mutirikwi ment works therefore reduc- Sewer cleaning equipment intake works and the Bushmead ing incidences of pollution. provided will ensure that we water treatment works have Before ZimFund interven- attend to sewer bursts in the been improved by the installa- tion, no sewage treatment was shortest possible time hence tion of new equipment hence, taking place hence the levels we will also be reducing pol- more water is now being deliv- of pollution were very high. lution and transmission of wa- ered to the residents of the City. Masvingo is now on 18ML/ ter-borne diseases in the City. The water treatment plant was day following commission- Sanitation and hygiene ed- already at maximum capacity of ing of the pump stations ucation imparted on the resi- 26 mega litres per day but new and the treatment plants. dents has also capacitated them pumps have increased pumping Treated sewage samples tak- to adhere to best practices in efficiency and we are now able en to an accredited laboratory terms of hygiene thereby up- to pump 30 megalitres per day. revealed that sewage is now lifting their standards of living. The water supply is now being treated to the required We also now have water consistent since breakdowns standards before discharg- and sanitation investment are no longer prevalent. ing into the environment. plans in place, these will as- Before the intervention, For licencing and monitor- sist us in the short and long residents were experiencing ing purposes, Environmental term planning as a City. long hours of water rationing. Management Agency has now Feasibility studies will be The installation of dosing and put us in the Green Category. done in due course so that these other equipment at the water Before the project we plans are converted into project treatment works has also im- were in the Red Category. proposals ready for funding. proved the water quality since Green category means a It is our hope that future fund- the filtration and disinfection ef- disposal that is considered ing programmes will also ben- ficiencies have been improved. to present a low environ- efit Masvingo inorder to com- This means an improved mental hazard while red cat- plete investments made to date. standard of living for Masvin- egory means the opposite. 14 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 High Level Visit of ZimFund Projects

African Development Bank Executive Directors (EDs) with His Excellency, President R.G Mugabe (centre), after paying a Courtesy Call on him at State House in Harare. The EDs had previously attended the Commissioning of ZimFund Project in Mutare.

The visiting DANIDA Grants Committee inspecting sanitation works rehabilitated under ZimFund at the Zengeza Sewage Treatment Works in Chitungwiza. A 2 MVA power transformer was also installed at the sewage plant.

Members of the DANIDA Grants Committee touring the Norton 88 KV substation where a 50 MVA Transformer and three circuit breakers were installed under ZimFund power project. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 15 Zim Govt commissions Masvingo US$4.8m ZimFund water and sanitation project

Vice President Hon Emmerson Mnangagwa (centre front) listens as Engineer Tawanda Gozo explains processes at Bush- mead Water Works in Masvingo recently. He is flanked by Minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Educa- tion Josiah Hungwe(left), Former Environment, Water and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo (partly obscured) and Masvingo Mayor, Hubert Pfidze.

ZimFund Reporter sources of Masvingo from pollution. The successful event also saw Prior to this intervention, Masvingo Swedish Ambassador Mr Lars Ron- ICE President of the Repub- was discharging raw sewage into Lake nas and representatives of ZimFund lic of Zimbabwe, Hon. Em- Mutirikwi, the very water source of the city. contributing donors in attendance. merson Mnangagwa recently VP Mnangagwa, together with Speaking at the same event, the Afri- commissioned the US$4.8 government ministers toured Ru- can Development Bank (AfDB) Resi- Vmillion Urgent Water Supply and Sani- jeko Sewage pump station and the dent Representative Dr Mateus Maga- tation Rehabilitation (UWSSRP) works Bushmead water treatment plant la said the Bank will continue to be at financed by the Zimbabwe Multi-Do- on the shores of Lake Mutirikwi. the centre of Africa’s transformation, nor Trust Fund (ZimFund) in Masvingo. The Vice President, who later addressed providing advice, finance and diffus- The works were part of the US$43.6 Masvingo residents at Mamutse stadium, ing winning practices that will help million UWSSRP project under Zim- spoke strongly against abuse of donor Africa leapfrog and attain progress. Fund which was implemented in six funds and emphasized that such acts were He further underscored the need for cities (Harare, Chitungwiza, Chegu- a threat to development partnerships. residents and Masvingo to do the ut- tu, Mutare, Kwekwe and Masvingo). “If our co-operating partners discover most to protect the investment and en- The works in Masvingo City in- that every cent of the money they would sure sustainability through adequate cluded rehabilitation of water treat- have donated has been put to good use, focus to operation and maintenance and ment works, sewage pump sta- they will continue to assist us to plug sound governance of service delivery. tions and sewage treatment works. our developmental challenges, but if AfDB is the fund manager of Zim- The support also included capaci- they discover that their funds have been Fund which was established to- ty development in the form of train- ambushed by corrupt officials, they will contribute to the recovery and de- ing of operations and maintenance stop providing assistance,’’ said the Vice velopment efforts of Zimbabwe by staff, equipment supply and invest- President. Ministers who attended in- mobilizing donor resources with a focus ment planning for future needs. clude, Provincial Minister of State for on basic water supply and sanitation, ZimFund water and sanitation in- Masvingo, S Mahofa, Minister of Fi- and power infrastructure investments. terventions in Masvingo will see im- nance and Economic Development, Chi- ZimFund donors include; Australia, provement in water supply and sanita- namasa, Minister of Environment, Water Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, tion services for over 92 000 residents and Climate, Kasukuwere, Minister of Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. of Masvingo by providing a stable State for Liasing on Psychomotor Activ- They have mobilised US$145million 30,000 m3/day of water and treatment ities in Education, Hungwe and Minis- to date for financing of projects to the of 21,000 m3/day of sewage thereby ter of Local Government, Public Works effort of ZimFund. protecting the environment and water and National Housing, Dr Chombo. 16 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 ZimFund projects: A success

Full Speech by the African Development Bank Resident Representative Dr Mateus Magala at the Commissionining of the Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project in Masvingo.

T IS a great privilege and honour age infrastructure we toured earlier for me to be here in this histor- this morning that include the Masv- ic City of Masvingo to represent ingo Raw Water Pumping Station on the Bank and witness this great the shores of Lake Mutirikwi, Bush- Ievent, which is the official commis- mead Water Treatment Works, Ru- sioning of the Urgent Water Supply jeko Sewage Pumping Station and and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project. Masvingo Sewage Treatment works. Many of you may be aware that The commissioning we witness to- ZimFund was born as an day follows similar successful events emergency response by held in Norton, for the power proj- donors to the serious humanitarian ect, Mutare for the water project as crisis this country faced well as a handover ceremony for some few years ago. sewer cleaning equipment and ve- The major issue that ZimFund sought hicles handed over in January 2014 to address was the cholera and wa- to all beneficiary municipalities. ter borne diseases the population We are, indeed truly humbled to faced as a result of severely dilapi- be associated with ZimFund as we dated water and sanitation systems. see the fruits of the intervention. Dr Mateus Magala ZimFund was proposed by the donors Since its inception, ZimFund to the Bank as a way of helping Zimba- has evolved from being viewed as bwe restore and rehabilitate basic water a purely humanitarian operation and sanitation and power infrastructure. to being a potential developmen- These donors are Australia, Den- tal platform and a vehicle for in- mark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, vestment in basic infrastructure. Switzerland, and the United Kingdom Its implementation has seen col- and are here present with us today. laboration between the Government, The African Development Bank was donors, civic society and business. thus entrusted with the funds and to The ZimFund Programme also manage the operation on their behalf. provides a platform for dialogue. As a result, following a wide con- It is also seen as an effective in- sultative process among stakeholders, strument for basic service deliv- two strongly intertwined projects in ery and donors have continued water and sanitation and energy were to entrust the Bank Group with developed and approved, namely, the managing and delivering critical Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation infrastructure in the water and ener- Rehabilitation Project (UWSSRP) gy sectors through it. and the Emergency Power Infrastruc- As we celebrate results of the hard ture Rehabilitation Project (EPIRP). work and tremendous effort that was These two projects, categorised into invested into getting this project to Phase 1 and Phase II have been, to date, this stage, allow me to thank all the capitalised by the contributing donors stakeholders that directly and indi- to the tune of about US$145 million. rectly contributed to this project. The first Phase of these proj- ects is substantially complete. . Today, we are witnessing, on this n continued on the next page historic land, one of the tangible re- sults of the ZimFund effort as seen by rehabilitated water supply and sew- ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 17

n from previous page service delivery in the areas of wa- I would like to conclude by reaffirm- ter and sanitation and power supply. ing to the Government of Zimbabwe, The Bank would therefore like to More importantly, we shall see donors, and partners that the ambition applaud the teamwork that was dis- that the equipment being hand- of the Bank continues being to advance played between all the partners – Gov- ed over today is operated prop- the social and economic progress of ernment in particular: the Ministry of erly and maintained according to Africa, a prosperous continent free of Finance and Economic Development the good if not the best practices. conflict and poverty that is also a ma- and the project beneficiary line Min- We shall see a sustainable invest- jor player in the global value chains. istry of Environment, Water and Cli- ment. In this regard, the Bank will continue mate as well as the Ministry of Local Allow me to highlight that as a Bank to be at the centre of Africa’s transfor- Government, Public Works and Na- we approved last December about mation, providing advice, finance and tional Housing, Donors, Procure- US$110 million for the next two diffusing winning practices that will ment Agent, Implementing Entities, years which will be applied towards: help Africa leapfrog and attain progress. Local Authorities, and Contractors. a) Basic Infrastructure Reha- Let me also seize this opportuni- Specifically allow me to thank the bilitation — Boosting Capacity ty to congratulate the Government of Masvingo Mayor and the Town Clerk for Delivery of Critical Services; Zimbabwe for continuing to provide for the leadership they provided b) Governance and Institution- the necessary support and environ- which went a long way in facilitat- al Capacity Strengthening; and ment for the success of these projects ing smooth execution of the project. c) Private Sector Development; aimed at improving the living stan- We are happy to highlight that, not- The Bank is now in the pro- dards of the ordinary Zimbabweans. withstanding some implementation cess of preparing the various proj- It is, once again, our fervent hope delays encountered along the way ects that will see the support high- that all development partners support- (given the uniqueness of the ZimFund lighted above being realised. ing Zimbabwe’s and Africa’s quest for configuration) Phase 1 projects are sub- It is our sincere hope that devel- rapid social progress and development stantially complete and focus is now opment partners will put up ad- will untiringly continue to do so until on Phase II projects which are aimed ditional resources that will assist the Zimbabwean dream is achieved. at complementing Phase 1 projects. Zimbabwe in addressing some of I Thank You, Tatenda, Hence, we should see improved the key infrastructure bottlenecks. Siyabonga

African Development Bank Executive Director Dr Mahomed Rafique talks to Zimbabwe Field Office staff during his visit to the coun- try. Dr Rafique represents Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe on the Board of Directors. He was in Zimbabwe for a joint consultative visit with the World Bank Africa Group 1 Constituency Executive Director. 18 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015

Cover Story ZimFund injects US$145m in water, energy projects

wraps up phase 1 focuses on phase 2

ZimFund Reporter

IMFUND has to date invested US$145million towards reha- bilitation of water and energy projects in the country. To date, ZZimFund has spent US$83 million on its Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation Re- habilitation Project Phase 1 (UWRSSP 1) and Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project Phase 1 (EPIRP 1) since its establishment in May 2010. UWRSSP 1 was allocated US$43.6 million which went towards rehabilitation works in six cities that include Chegutu which was apportioned $4.3m, Chitungwiza $4.8m, Harare $13.5m, Kwekwe $6m, Masvingo $4.8m and Mutare $10.6m. 50 MVA transformer installed at Norton substation under ZimFund power project. The UWSSRP phase 1 objective was to provide support for restoration and sta- bilization of water supply and sanitation penalties as high as $17 000 but this proj- residential areas will have their sewage re- services in these cities benefiting a com- ect has enabled them to channel such- ticulation powered by reliable power and bined population of 2.5 million people. money to other things as they are now over 11,632 would have been restored to In an interview, ZimFund Manager Mr discharging treated sewerage,” he said. the electricity network.Power supply in- Nzabanita said phase one was a success. “Phase 1 has made a huge impact in terruptions, including shortages have had “We can measure the success of Zim- stabilizing urban water supplies and serious repercussions on efforts by the Fund through well functioning water sup- sanitation services, with most waste- Government to successfully turnaround ply and sewage systems because now all water infrastructure now operation- the economy and to achieve sustainable the cities (under ZimFund) which were al and thus impacting positively on social and economic growth targets. having sewage flowing into the rivers un- WASH services in general,” said a Di- ZimFund focus is now on phase two treated are facing that no more, we have rector in the Ministry of Environment, where further developments are to be done. tried to make sure that the sewer can be Water and Climate, Engineer Mutazu. The UWSSRP Phase II was allo- evacuated and disposed properly,” he said. EPIRP 1 was allotted US$39,6m in phase cated US$35.6 million, while EPIRP ZimFund Water and Sanitation one and this covered the refurbishment of Phase II was allocated US$32.3 million. Engineer, Mr Herbert Nyakutsik- the Ash Plant at Hwange Power Station n wa echoed the same sentiments. and the replacement of seven sub-trans- continued on the next page “There is a very big improvement in mission transformers, 16 sub-transmission terms of curtailing pollution, because pre- circuit breakers, 507 distribution trans- viously the pollution levels were too high, formers and a combined 360 km of cable municipalities were most of the times pe- and overhead lines throughout the country. nalised and that was not sustainable, there Upon completion of Phase I of the pow- are cases were they could be charged er project, about half a million people in ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 19

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The total allocation for all the proj- ects, including fund management fees, amount to US$152 million. UWSSRP Phase II complements Phase I by giving greater emphasis on improv- ing both the water and sewerage network performance, strengthening commercial aspects and enhancing service delivery efficiency thereby contributing to suc- cessful Non Revenue Water management. Phase II will be implement- ed in Harare, Chitungwiza, Ruwa and Redcliff serving an estimat- ed population of 1.9 million people. The Project aims to protect public health through improvement of service, pre- serve physical assets, resuscitate capaci- ty and improve financial sustainability of the water and sanitation service providers. Chitungwiza Sewage Treatment ponds filled with weeds and overgrown plants. EPIRP Phase 2 objective is to improve the availability and reliability of electricity supply through the rehabilitation of genera- tion, transmission and distribution facilities. This will be achieved through environ- mental interventions at Hwange Power Station, replacement of transmission and sub-transmission transformers and im- provement of power supplies to water treatment and sewage treatment plants. The project target areas are Kwekwe, Gweru, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Mutare, Harare and Hwange with a combined tar- get population of five million people. “It is my hope that phase 2 will go a step further to actual development and address issues of sustainability that will always Rehabilitated Chitungwiza Treatment ponds in operation after ZimFund intervention. tend to reverse the gains made through the rehabilitation;” Engineer Mutazu said. When asked to comment on ZimFund proj- ects, Chitungwiza Residents Trust Treasurer, Brighton Mazhindu and Secretary, Tinashe Kazuru together with residents expressed their gratitude to the fund for rehabilitating their water and sewer infrastructure in Chitung- wiza. They also said they look forward to phase two to complement phase 1 efforts. Second phase of the project has already started and is now at the procurement stage. The purpose of the ZimFund is to con- tribute to early recovery and develop- ment efforts in Zimbabwe by mobil- ising donor resources and promoting donor coordination in Zimbabwe, so as to channel financial assistance to such efforts. ZimFund donors include Sweden, Norway, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and United L-R; Chitungwiza Residents Trust Treasurer Brighton Mazhindu, Royal Danish Embassy Kingdom. The fund is administered by the Communications Intern Simon Justesen and Chitungwiza Residents Trust Secretary African Development Bank (AfDB). Tinashe Kazuru 20 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 Masvingo Commissioning in pictures

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A: Control panel at Lake Mutirikwi B: Part of the donors and AFDB staff follow proceedings at Masvingo Municipality offices C: Bushmead Water Works Highlift Pump Station G H D: Rehabilitated Water Works at Bushmead Water Works E: VP Mnangagwa greets ZimFund contractor after the official commissioning of the project F: Masvingo Resident Engineer stands next to a plaque after the official commissioning G: Former Environment, Water and Climate Minister Kasukuwere greeting ZimFund Donor Co Chair Mr Mats Bengtsson H: Former Local Government Minister Hon Chom bo chats with one of the delegates ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 21 Access to ‘Water and water and sanitation sanitation: Key project human right benefits 20 urban councils’ Hon Minister S. Kasukuwere

ZimFund Reporter ly treated”, he said. T LEAST 20 local The minister added that authorities ben- government was in a efitted from the process of establishing a Emergency Risk Water Regulatory Authority AReduction and Rehabilitation that would ensure that rates Programme (ERR) meant to being paid by residents are improve water, sanitation and not meant to oppress them. hygiene services in Zimbabwe. “It is our hope that the His Excellency Mr Lars Ronnas, Former Environment, introduction of the regulator Ambassador of Sweden to Zimbabwe Water and Climate Minister will leave central government Saviour Kasukuwere revealed to concentrate on statutory and this during the commission- executive functions such as ing of the ZimFund’s first policy formulation, monitoring ZimFund Reporter stage of Urgent Water Supply and evaluation together with and Sanitation Rehabilitation research and development. O have access to water and sanitation Project in Masvingo recently. “For the rate payers of means a whole lot of difference to our He said some of the Masvingo, the regulator will daily lives, when it is there (and) readily beneficiaries under the provide a complaint resolution available, it makes life so much easier. government programme as well as general empower- T“It is a fundamental aspect in keeping our- included Bindura, Gwan- ment in WASH issues,” he said. selves and our children in good health. When da, Kariba, Karoi, Plumtree, He also urged Masvingo water and sanitation are lacking, we become ex- Shurugwi, Rusape and Mvurwi. residents to embrace posed to diseases and deprived of a life in dignity. The programme was the regulator that gov- “Access to water and sanitation are critical funded by the Austra- ernment is setting up. components when we talk about everyone be- lian and United Kingdom Minister Kasukuwere ing able to enjoy their human right”, Swedish Governments respectively. congratulated the residents ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Lars Ronnas said. “Our hope is to drastically over the water infrastructure He made the remarks at the commissioning of the improve water supply and brought to them by ZimFund. ZimFund Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation sanitation services provision ZimFund water and sanitation Rehabilitation Project Phase 1 in Masvingo in the next two years”, he said. interventions in Masvingo that recently. Minister Kasukuwere said the cost US$4.8 million will see He also noted that development part- current state of water requires improvement in water sup- ners look forward to cooperating with Zim- collaborative effort from all ply and sanitation services babwe in developmental projects. stakeholders including coop- for over 92 000 residents of “We look forward to cooperating with Zim- erating partners, implementing Masvingo by providing a sta- babwe”, said Mr Ronnas as he stressed partners and the private sector. ble supply of 30,000 m3 of the importance of water and sanitation. He said this would help in water per day and treatment ZimFund was established as a result of a chol- addressing the challenges of 21 000 m3/day of sewage era outbreak that claimed about 4 000 citizens. where the majority of the thereby protecting the envi- The fund is bankrolled by seven countries - Aus- country’s water treatment ronment and water sources tralia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, facilities are not functional. of Masvingo from pollution. Switzerland and United Kingdom who invested “Almost 80% of waste wa- He encouraged the about US$145 million towards water rehabilita- ter generated is discharged residents to effectively use the tion and sanitation services and energy sectors. untreated or partial- infrastructure as it is theirs. Infrastructure Sanitation Rehabilitation of Results Area 2: Infrastructure Sanitation Rehabilitation of Results Area 2: Infrastructure Water Supply Rehabilitation of Results Area 1: Report Monitoring Output 1. OUTPUT AREA UWSSRP I

equipment Municipalities provided with sewer cleaning rehabilitatedKilometersof line. sewer Raw sewage pumping units rehabilitated/replaced rehabilitated/replaced. Waste Waste water treatment works rehabilitated. reservoirsWater built Blower Pumps. Backwash Pumps. Raw water pumping units replaced pumpWater units replaced distribution(to system) works treatmentWater OUTPUT AS PER RESULT MATRIX RESULT AS PER OUTPUT water effluent pumping units

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6 Municipalities 13km sewer of line rehabilitated and commissioned. spares 1 15 9 Completed and also publicly commissioned. All All 7 installed and commissioned 12 6 1 Waste wat Water treatment works rehabilitated.

Raw sewage pumping units installed and commissioned, 2 handed over Waste water effluent pumping units pumps installed and commissioned, 5 8 commissioned commissioned, ZimFund , and Projects progress update 7 er treatment works completed.

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ZimFund phase 1 projectsprovided in January 2014 and contract closed March 2014 covered rehabilitation of water and sanitation infrastructure under its Urgent Water Supply and awaiting commissioning. .

Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (UWRSSP) in the 6 cities namely, Chitungwiza, Harare, Kwekwe, Mutare, Masvingo and Chegutu. It also covered the power sector under its Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects (EPIRP) which . ACHIEVEMENTS

saw the refurbishment of the Ash Plant at Hwange Power Station and the replacement of sub-transmission transformers, sub-transmission circuit breakers, distribution transformers and a combined 360 km of cable and overhead lines throughout the country.

installed and commissioned.

1. Output Monitoring Report UWSSRP I UWSSRP I OUTPUT AREA OUTPUT AS PER RESULT MATRIX ACHIEVEMENTS

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Water treatment works (WTW) Rehabilitated

Results Area 1: 12 pumps installed and commissioned,

Water pump units replaced (to distribution system)

as Rehabilitation of 7 installed and commissioned. 1 Raw water pumping units replaced Water Supply Infrastructure Backwash Pumps. All 8 commissioned. Blower Pumps. All 5 commissioned, Water reservoirs built Completed and also publicly commissioned. 10ML Chikanga Water Tank completed Results Area 2: Waste water treatment works rehabilitated. 9 Waste water treatment works completed.

Rehabilitation of Waste water effluent pumping units 15 Waste water effluent pumping units installed and commissioned. Sanitation rehabilitated/replaced. Infrastructure Raw sewage pumping units rehabilitated/replaced 11 Raw sewage pumping units installed and commissioned, 2 handed over as spares, and 7 are awaiting commissioning. 2. Output Monitoring Report EPIRP I Results Area 2: Kilometers of rehabilitated sewer line. 13km of sewer line rehabilitated and commissioned. OUTPUT AREA CURRENT STATUS (AND COMMENT OF LIKELIHOOD OF OUTPUT AS PER RESULT MATRIX Rehabilitation of Municipalities provided with sewer cleaning 6 Municipalities provided in January 2014 and contract closed March 2014 ATTAINMENT) Sanitation equipment Infrastructure Area 1: Re- Number of Sub-transmission transformers All 7 Sub-transmission transformers installed and commissioned in various enforced Sub- installed locations throughout the country. 2. Output Monitoring Report EPIRP I Transmission All 16 circuit breakers have been installed and commissioned in various Faulty circuit breakers replaced OUTPUT AREA Network locations throughout the country. CURRENT STATUS (AND COMMENT OF LIKELIHOOD OF OUTPUT AS PER RESULT MATRIX ATTAINMENT) Distribution transformers replaced throughout the 426 Distribution transformers replaced throughout the country. country. Area 1: Re- Number of Sub-transmission transformers All 7 Sub-transmission transformers installed and commissioned in various Area 2: Ground mounted distribution transformers installed locations throughout the country. 1. Output Monitoring Report UWSSRP I 70 have currentlyenforced been replaced Sub- in Harare. 1 (GMTs) replaced in Harare. Transmission Re-enforcedUWSSRP I All 16 circuit breakers have been installed and commissioned in various Network Faulty circuit breakers replaced DistributionOUTPUT AREA OverheadOUTPUT lines re AS-stringed PER RESULT throughout MATRIX the country ACHIEVEMENTS locations throughout the country. 343km of overhead lines re-stringed throughout the country. Network (Length in Km). Distribution transformers replaced throughout the 426 Distribution transformers replaced throughout the country. 6 Water treatment works rehabilitated. country. UndergroundWater treatment Cables works replace (WTW) in Bulawayo Rehabilitated and Seventeen (17) kilometers of underground cables replaced in Bulawayo and Harare (Length in Km). Harare. 12 pumps installedArea and 2: commissioned, Ground mounted distribution transformers Results Area 1: Water pump units replaced (to distribution system) 8170 have currently been replaced in Harare. (GMTs) replaced in Harare. Rehabilitation of 7 installed and commissionedRe-enforced . Raw water pumping units replaced Distribution Overhead lines re-stringed throughout the country Water Supply 343km of overhead lines re-stringed throughout the country. Infrastructure Backwash Pumps. All 8 commissionedNetwork. (Length in Km). Blower Pumps. All 5 commissioned, Underground Cables replace in Bulawayo and Seventeen (17) kilometers of underground cables replaced in Bulawayo and Water reservoirs built Completed and also publicly commissioned.Harare (Length in Km). Harare.

Results Area 2: Waste water treatment works rehabilitated. 9 Waste water treatment works completed. Rehabilitation of Waste water effluent pumping units 15 Waste water effluent pumping units installed and commissioned. Sanitation rehabilitated/replaced. Infrastructure Raw sewage pumping units rehabilitated/replaced 11 Raw sewage pumping units installed and commissioned,LEFT 2 handed PIC: over asZimFund spares, and 7 are awaiting commissioning. team and resident Results Area 2: Kilometers of rehabilitated sewer line. 13km of sewer line rehabilitated and commissioned. of Kezi village in1 Rehabilitation of Municipalities provided with sewer cleaning 6 Municipalities provided in January 2014 and contract closedMatabeleland March 2014 South Sanitation equipment (second from left) Infrastructure stand next to one of the 507 trans-

formers that were

replaced throughout 1 the country under ZimFund initiative. ZETDC Engineers and ZimFund Team inspecting a transformer control panel at Mazowe substation. 1 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 23 VP Mnangagwa commends Chikanga Water Tank ICE President Emmer- son Mnangagwa said the Chikanga water tank will go a long way Vto solve water shortages in Mutare suburbs, but rate payers needed to pay bills to ensure sustainability. He made the remarks while commissioning a 10mega litres water tank in Mutare, construct- ed under the ZimFund initiative. The 10ML tank will im- prove the water supply situation to approximately 10 000 high den- sity households of Hobhouse and surrounding suburbs by ensuring water supply throughout the year. The 10ML Chikanga tank that was completed by ZimFund is set to “Water cannot be deliv- improve water supply situation to approximately 10 000 households. ered free of charge,” he said. for a job well done in rehabilitating look after the rehabilitated infra- “We have to pay for it so water and sanitation systems in Mu- structure as well as come up with that every single household tare under the ZimFund initiative. an efficient water billing system. will have access to it 24/7. He urged them to do more VP Mnangagwa also visited “Pay something towards that ser- and help Zimbabwe over- the Gimboki Sewerage Works in vice to ensure maintenance and come economic challenges. Dangamvura which is now ful- guaranteed future supplies. I am Environment, Water and Climate ly operational after its rehabilita- urging ratepayers to pay for ser- Minister Cde Saviour Kasukuwere tion under the ZimFund initiative. vices to ensure supply continuity.” said the provision of clean water to - The Herald/ Speaking at the same function, communities aided development. ZimFund Reporter Hon Chinamasa thanked donors He urged the City of Mutare to Mutare Visit

From Left to Right- Chamber Secretary, Municipality of Mutare - Ms. Gladys Mureta, ZimFund Manager - Mr Emmanuel Nzabanita, AfDB Resident Representative - Mr Mateus Magala, Mutare Mayor - Clr Tatenda Nhamarare, Project Manager - Mr Ajit Phatik, ZimFund Communications Officer - Sikhanyisiwe Mlotshwa, Acting Town Engineer - Mr Daniel Nyirenda, ZimFund Water and Sanitation Specialist - Mr Nyakutsikwa Herbert, District Administrator -Mr Simon Sigauke and Provincial Administrator, Principal Administrative Officer - Mr Richard Maruta. 24 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015

Govt hails AfDB’s Govt to review laws effective ZimFund that hinder administration FDI ZimFund Reporter

ZimFund Reporter IMBABWE gov- ernment will IMBABWE Government has hailed the Afri- continue to re- can Development Bank (AfDB) for its effec- view policy mea- tive administration of the ZimFund project. Zsures to address issues “I want to thank the African Development and perceptions around ZBank who so ably administered the fund”, Vice Pres- country risk to ensure the ident Emmerson Mnangagwa said at the commission- country is a favorable in- ing of the ZimFund water project in Masvingo recently. vestment destination, Speaking at the same occasion, Finance VP Mnangwagwa said. Minister Patrick Chinamasa also hailed the VP Mnangagwa said bank for efficiently managing the fund. this while commission- Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Shuvai Ma- ing a ZimFund Urgent hofa added: “We want to thank the development part- Water Supply and Sanita- ners for coming to help us, we are grateful to the Af- tion Rehabilitation Proj- rican Development Bank for what they have done.” ect in Masvingo recently. AfDB was approached by donors to manage the He said government was Zimbabwe Multi Donor Trust Fund (ZimFund) on fully aware of the challeng- their behalf. es associated with water ZimFund was established in May 2010 and was supply and sanitation such created to help recover water and sanitation and as low access to water sup- power sectors after the 2008/9 cholera outbreak ply services, the drop in that claimed thousands of Zimbabwean citizens. urban access to water char- ZimFund donors who poured US$145 million in- acterised by increasingly clude Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, low reliability and avail- Australia, Denmark and Switzerland. ability of the vital source, Under the first stage of the project, ZimFund poor waste management bankrolled the rehabilitation of water and san- resulting in outbreak of itation in six cities namely Harare, Chitung- diseases, low functionality wiza, Mutare, Masvingo, Chegutu and Kwekwe. of waste water treatment The fund also went towards rehabilitation systems and poor effluent of the Ash Plant at Hwange Power Station. discharge treatment where “The Bank has done so diligently as the fund man- some of the waste water agers of ZimFund, said a director in the Ministry of generated is discharged Environment, Water and Climate, Engineer Mutazu. untreated or partially treat- Minister Chombo also expressed his gratitude to the ed into the environment. Bank. Mnangagwa urged cor- porating partners, imple- menting partners and the private sector to partner government in address- ing these challenges. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 25 Out and About

L-R ZimFund Manager Mr Emmanuel Nzabanita, Mutare Mayor Clr Tatenda ZimFund Manager, Mr Emmanuel Nzabanita and POC Nhamarare and AfDB Resident Representative Dr Mateus Magala in Advisor, Mr Leonard Magara at a meeting in Mutare. Newlands, Harare.

Enumerators receive training on baseline survey in water and sanitation services before embarking on data collection in Ruwa, Redcliff and Harare where ZimFund will yet again intervene in the areas of water and sanitation.

MOVING FORWARD: ZimFund Team and stakeholders at one of their bi-weekly meetings at AFDB offices 26 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 Flashback

Here we take you down memory lane! Read the evolution of ZimFund. What you probably missed in the Zimbabwean papers go ahead and recap here. AfDB approves Gvt, AfDB sign US$53,4m grant

GOVERNMENT and the African Plan Study will get US$1,3 million. US$20m Zim Development Bank have signed a Finance and Economic Development US$53, 4 million grant that would go Minister Patrick Chinamasa signed Fund project towards energy and water infrastruc- for the Government while AfDB res- ture rehabilitation, among other areas. ident representative in Zimbabwe, Dr HE African Development Bank (AfDB) The grant will cover six projects. Mateus Magala, signed for the bank. Thas approved phase two of Zimbabwe’s Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund “I believe that the signing of three emergency power infrastructure rehabili- (ZimFund) will fund three proj- more grants for the Zim-Fund projects tation project worth close to US$20 million. ects to the tune of US$39,9 mil- will further these results and in this The financing comes in through the Zimbabwe lion while the AfDB will finance regard, I would like to applaud our Multi-Donor Trust Fund administered by the the other three for US$13,5 million. development partners namely Aus- AfDB. Emergency Power Infrastructure Re- tralia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Its objective is to improve the availabili- habilitation Project, Phase Two, Stage Sweden, Switzerland and the United ty and reliability of electricity supply through One will get US$15, 4 million with a Kingdom who have contributed to the the rehabilitation of electricity genera- supplementary grant of US$4,6 million Zim-Fund,” said Minister Chinamasa. tion, transmission and distribution facilities. for the Emergency Power Infrastruc- In his remarks, Dr Magala said the This involves, specifically, electricity -sup ture Rehabilitation Project Phase One. signing of the grant was testimony ply to critical social infrastructure facilities Urgent Water Supply and Sanita- of the strong partnership between and to the inhabitants of the seven targeted ar- tion Rehabilitation Project, Phase the ZimFund donors, the Govern- eas of Zimbabwe — Kwekwe, Gweru, Bula- Two, Stage One would get US$19, ment of Zimbabwe and the AfDB. wayo, Masvingo, Mutare, Harare and Hwange. 8 million while US$8 million has “These projects are aligned with Together, these areas have a combined been earmarked for Governance and the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sus- population of five million people, about Institutional Strengthening Project. tainable Socio-Economic Trans- 40 percent of the country’s population. Youths and the tourism sector have formation 2013-2018,” he said. “The EPIRP two is the second energy-sector also been allocated US$4,1 mil- - The Herald -22 January 2014 project financed through the AfDB-administered lion while Transport Sector Master Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund,” said Mr Alex Rugamba, director of the AfDB’s energy, environ- ment and climate change department last week. “We chose to support this project because it is in line with the bank group’s strategy for 2013-2022, which emphasises infrastructure development for inclusive economic growth, including green growth, but also because it aligns with our new energy policy, whose objectives include supporting regional member coun- tries to provide modern, affordable and reliable energy services to their populations and productive sectors.” The phase one of the EPIRP, financed to the tune of US$15,4 million, was designed to im- prove the provision of adequate and reliable electricity in an environmentally sound manner. This will happen through the rehabilita- tion of the ash handling plant at the Hwange Power Station and the power transmis- sion and distribution facilities in the country. - The Herald, December 24, 2013 Finance Minister Chinamasa and AfDB Resident Representative Magala seal the deals. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 27 Flashback

AfDB to fund Bulawayo power projects

HE African Develop- Marvel 330kV substation ty projects will begin soon The projects undertak- ment Bank (AfDB) but costs estimates are still with bids from contractors en by ZimFund on power Tis set to fund the confidential as the tender- expected to start this month. generation are meant to reinforcement of Marvel ing process has not yet been Speaking on what AfDB improve the provision of substation in Bulawayo in done. This project will also and ZimFund have man- adequate and reliable pow- a bid to reduce outages re- provide additional pow- aged to achieve, Mr Nz- er supply in an environ- lated to equipment main- er to the consumers thus abanita said they under- mentally sound manner. tenance, an official said. avoiding overloading the took rehabilitation works The rehabilitation of the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor existing transformers in the at Hwange Power Station, sub-transmission and the Trust Fund Manager Mr city,” said Mr Nzabanita. as well as installing the Ha- distribution networks will Emmanuel Nzabanita said ZimFund is an instrument rare and Bulawayo under- improve system reliabil- plans were underway for being administered by AfDB ground electricity cables. ity and allow the resto- the 2015 projects to start formed to mobilise resourc- “Last year we managed to ration of supply services although he could not dis- es from donors to contrib- commission several proj- to thousands of custom- close how much it would ute to early recovery and ects including seven pow- ers in various neighbour- cost saying funding esti- development of the country. er substations in Mazowe, hoods across the country mates are still confidential He said the project Atlanta, Norton, Criterion that presently have no ac- at this stage but disclosed was expected to be- and Mpopoma (Bulawayo), cess to electricity services. that the projects will in- gin later in the year. Stamford and Ponoma as clude power transform- Mr Nzabanita said the im- well as install over 460 Sunday News - ers and circuit breakers. plementation of phase two distribution transform- February 1, 2015 “We will be reinforcing of the water and electrici- ers countrywide,” he said.

Zim Fund tops US$135m

TOTAL of US$135 Mutare, Chitungwiza, Che- 100 expected to be shipped babwe that have no access to Amillion has been raised gutu, Gweru, Masvingo and in the country next week. electricity services,” he said. for the energy and wa- Kwekwe,” Mr Nzabanita said. The phase two project will The remaining US$52 ter sectors under the aus- Mr Nzabanita made the commence anytime this year million has been set aside pices of the Zimbabwe remarks during a breakfast as we are on a drive to en- for water infrastruc- Multi-Donor Trust Fund set meeting organised by the gage the energy provider ture-related programmes. up to help address the coun- Zimbabwe Energy Council (Zesa Holdings) in making The projects are expect- try’s infrastructure deficit. to bring together donors with sure that power shortag- ed to increase the reliabili- Zim Fund manager Mr Em- a view to establish a fund to es are a thing of the past. ty, quality and availability manuel Nzabanita said part support renewable energy. Mr Nzabanita said the fund of power and water and re- of the funding was meant He added that the pow- has been split with US$40 duce the incidence of chol- for the energy sector since er projects targeted by the million injected for the phase era and other water-related Zesa Holdings was strug- Zim Fund, administered by one energy project and anoth- diseases around the country. gling to address the chal- the African Development er US$43 million earmarked The first project to be imple- lenge of power shortage. Bank, were divided into two for phase two of the project. mented under the fund was the “We raised the fund with phases with the first phase “Once complete, these refur- US$29,65 million urgent wa- the aim to help Zesa meet the having been completed. bishments and reinforcements ter supply and sanitation reha- demands of the local consum- “The fund is a grant from will improve system reliabili- bilitation project, for Mutare, ers as well as rectify multiple the civil society that should ty and allow the restoration Chegutu, Chitungwiza, Hara- power shortages that have not be paid back. We have of supply services to about re, Kwekwe and Masvingo. been affecting the country. So already acquired 530 trans- 22 000 customers in various - The Herald October 25, far we have targeted Harare, formers with a batch of neighbourhoods across Zim- 2013 28 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 ‘Channel more funding to Zim companies’

The delegation that included World Bank and AFDB officials visited Dunlop Zimbabwe and other companies during their tour of Bulawayo and Gweru companies and public institutions.

ORLD Bank Group « It’s my first time to eficiation, food security and -nutri executive director be in Bulawayo and I’m tion, infrastructure and utilities, so- Mr Louis Rene Pe- very impressed by what cial services and poverty eradication. ter Larose has urged is taking place. I feel Zimbabwe is struggling to clear its Winternational financial institutions to foreign debt of close to $10 billion that the World Bank channel more funding to Zimbabwe- due to poor economic performance. an companies, saying on his part he should support these Meanwhile, the delegation, that was ac- would push the global bank to bank- companies and certain- companied by Industry and Commerce roll the country’s economic revival. ly this will Ministry Permanent Secretary Ms Abigail Mr Larose and his delegation were create employment as Shonhiwa and other senior Government recently in the country together with well as boost economic officials, visited Dunlop Zimbabwe,- Ar African Development Bank (AfDB) growth« cher Clothing, the National Railways of representatives to assess the economic sit- Zimbabwe, the Cold Storage Company, uation with a view to extending funding Mpilo Central Hospital and Bulawayo to the different sectors of the economy. Mr Larose said the World Bank Water Works. The delegation conducted a tour in was familiarising itself with the de- Mr Larose said companies such as the Bulawayo where they visited several velopment situation in Zimbabwe NRZ deserved urgent financial support companies and public institutions and to see how best the financial institu- to ensure a vibrant rail transport system. had interface with captains of industry. tion could assist in finding solutions “I believe the NRZ should be as- “Seeing is believing and I’ve been to the challenges facing the economy. sisted because its services will not here. For me the Zimbabwean economy “It’s my first time to be in Bulawayo only benefit Zimbabwe but neigh- has great potential and of course I’ll be and I’m very impressed by what is taking bouring countries as well,” he said. making a strong case for Zimbabwe at place. Ms Shonhiwa said the visit was cru- the World Bank and all the international “I feel that the World Bank should cial as it was part of re-engagement ef- donor agencies to make sure we bring a support these companies and certain- forts with global financial institutions. total package for Zimbabwe because we ly this will create employment as well “We’re here to accompany the team from believe we have a lot to contribute,” said as boost economic growth,” he said. AfDB and the World Bank so that they have Mr Larose in an interview during the tour. The country requires about $27 billion an appreciation of what Zimbabwe has to Liquidity constraints have adversely af- to turn around the economy and create offer, the potential that is there,” she said. fected industrial capacity utilisation which more than two million jobs guided by The delegation began its tour in Harare is now about 30 percent, according to the the Government’s five-year develop- and concluded its visit with a tour of Gweru. Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries. ment blueprint, Zim-Asset (2013-18). ­- The Herald/ This has forced many compa- The blueprint is anchored on four ZimFund Reporter nies to close resulting in loss of jobs. clusters - value addition and ben- ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 29 Bulawayo, Gweru Tour in Pictures

Archer Clothing Company, Bulawayo

Cold Storage Company

National Railways of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

FIRST-HAND INFO: The World Bank and African Development Bank delegation got a chance to get first hand information about the state of companies they visited in Bulawayo Bata, Gweru and Gweru. 30 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 Govt scales up efforts to clear debt S PART of efforts as part of the strategy to resolve press noted the efforts by Gov- to come up with the debt issue. “This strategy ernment to reform the civil ser- options on how is a vehicle for establishing a vice and strong commitment to the country’s ar- track record of sound econom- implement economic reforms Arears with Multilateral Insti- ic management in the country and to accelerate growth. He tutions will be cleared, the so as to unlock new financ- said efforts to reform Para- Zimbabwean government has ing for our development re- statals should be pursued. created a Quadripartite Com- quirements,” said Chinamasa. “The current lack of new mittee which comprises the He added: “Pursuant to de- financial flows to jumpstart « This strategy is a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, liberations at the IMF/World economic growth is also well vehicle for the International Monetary Bank spring meetings, it was noted. It is therefore impera- establishing a track Fund, African Development agreed that a committee be tive that efforts towards debt record of sound Bank and the World Bank. constituted to deliberate on the relief and the clearance of ar- economic management Finance minister Patrick Chi- options that we have to clear rears especially to the Bret- in the country so as to namasa told journalists that the debt. Such a committee was ton Woods Institution and the unlock new financing the committee which will be inaugurated on May 4, 2015.” AfDB be pursued vigorously for our development chaired by the RBZ governor Chinamasa said that the and be treated with urgency.” requirements » Dr John Mangudya and com- committee will provide its Rafique, said Zimbabwe prising some Government of- feedback report in October needs to clean up its past ficials was set up as part of during the IMF/World Bank in order to get new money. Zimbabwe’s re-engagements annual meetings in Lima, Peru. He also said the country efforts and to firm up on the Executive directors of the needed to implement pol- roadmap aimed at resolving World Bank Group Africa; Dr icies which are workable. the country’s debt overhang. Louis Peter Larose and African “We are pleased to be here Zimbabwe owes $1.4 bln to Development Bank Executive and to be part of the pro- the World Bank, $639 mln to the Director Mahomed Rafique cess. For it to be success- AfDB and $120 mln to the IMF were in the country to have a ful the country needs to link while the total external debt first-hand appreciation of the what it says to what it does. was $7.1 bln at the end of 2014. challenges the country is fac- It needs a strong pri- The Government has how- ing on the infrastructure front vate sector able to pay tax- ever been making token pay- as well as the adverse impact of es and a strong government ments to the institutions. the lack of access to capital is which is able to implement The country is also undergo- having on capacity utilisation policies,” said Rafique. ing the Successor Staff Moni- of private sector companies. - The Herald tored Programme with the IMF Dr Larose, in a briefing to the

AfDB Executive Director Mohammed Rafique ( fourth from right-orange Helmet) and other bank officials at Kariba Dam Wall. ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 31

mated at $8 billion. AfDB to assist Zim Experts say the country ur- gently needs lines of credit to grow the economy which is showing signs of stress evi- resolve debt denced by massive de-industri- alisation and informalisation. A report released by AfDB rec- HE AFRICAN Devel- the international community. ommended that Zimbabwe should opment Bank (AfDB) “The essential element of the continue implementing “struc- is helping Zimbabwe work has been done by Zimbabwe. tural reforms to improve the resolve its debt with bi- “We are working together to try business environment, achieve Tlateral and multi-lateral financial and find a solution on how the ar- a sustainable current account institutions to enable the coun- rears can be settled so that it (Zim- balance, reform public enterpris- try to regain the status as one of babwe) engages fully with the es and make growth inclusive”. the continent’s top economies. international community. That Zimbabwe is under an The country owes $1,4 billion is work in progress,” AfDB said. IMF successor econom- to the World Bank, $639 million AfDB was tasked by Sadc and ic reform programme. to AfDB and $120 million to the the African Union to bring Zim- In a latest audit of the International Monetary Fund. babwe and its creditors on the Staff-Monitored Programme, Zimbabwe suffered a de- table to resolve the debt crisis. Zimbabwe had made progress in cade of recession which was This culminated in the first implementing the reform plan. only halted by the use of meeting of Zimbabwe and its IMF said Zimbabwe would this multiple currencies in 2009. creditors in Tunisia in 2012. year focus on reducing primary “The bank is working with Zim- Subsequent meet- fiscal deficit to raise the coun- babwe such that the country re- ings have followed. try’s capacity to repay, restor- turns to where it was,” AfDB said. Zimbabwe is in urgent need ing confidence in the financial The Bank said the roadmap to- of cheap concessionary fund- sector, improving business cli- wards regaining its former status ing to help reboot the economy. mate and garnering support for was a function of sound policies However, the funders are un- an arrears clearance strategy. that attract foreign direct invest- willing due to the country’s - NewsDay ments as well as support from external debt esti-

African Development Bank (AfDB) Resident Representative in Zimbabwe, Dr Mateus Magala (left) meets the new AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina (right), at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire recently. 32 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 If Mayweather-Pacquiao were an African Bank:

n 10 things their $300m payout could achieve

N ONE night, two theria, whooping cough and $150from Lighting Africa, a joint fighters made enough tetanus (DPT) for five years. World Bank-IFC project. The prize money to immunise all There are 30 million babies born money could have bought the lite the children born in in Africa each year, and data from version for 2 mil- Africa for five years, GAVI, the global alliance for vacci- lion homes. and let all São Toméans nation and immunisation shows that sit idle for a year. the pneumococcal vaccine costs It was billed as the $3.50 a dose, while the three- “Fight of the Century”, dose DPT vaccine costs $2.04. but the much-hyped Floyd Mayweath- n Have São Toméans do er- Manny Pacquiao fight turned out absolutely nothing for a year. Ito be a dull, insipid affair; Mayweath- $300 million is enough to take er won by a unanimous decision. care of the Gross National Income Though both fighters were technically (GNI) of The Gambia for three good, it didn´t make for great television. months, of the Comoros for near- There was much ducking and ly six months, or for Sao Tome dodging, especially from May- and Principe for a whole year. weather, while the crowd was bay- In 2012, the GNI of The Gambia ing to see the spectacular knockout, was estimated at $889 million, the someone splayed on the mat, or at Comoros was nearly $570 mil- least a flurry of dramatic punches. lion, while Sao Tome and There was none of that. Principe was $261 million. Mayweather was booed by the -. A solar home installa- crowd as he thumped his chest in vic- tion, enough for lighting, tory, and Pacquiao, who tried to put powering appliances and a up a spirited fight, after the match small water heater, costs meekly said he “thought he won”. anything between Nevertheless, both fighters walked $500 and $1000. away with an estimated $300 million There are “lite” in prize money - few African econ- solar versions omies create that much wealth in a that include just day, let alone 36 minutes - and since lighting and it was such a boring performance, one mobile phone wonders if a well-run African Devel- charging opment bank had that kind of mon- docks, ey, what difference could it make for such the continent if it were spent wisely. as one retail- Here are some things the prize mon- ing at ey could have achieved in Africa:

n Bought laptops for 3 million children. The One Laptop Per Child project puts a price tag of $100 on each lap- top; Rwanda is currently Africa´s leader in rolling out the devices to pu- pils, having distributed over 200 000 laptops, the third-largest deployment in the world after Peru and Uruguay. Pacquiao n Immunised all the children born in Africa from pneumonia for three years, or from diph- ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 33 If Mayweather-Pacquiao were an African Bank:

n 10 things their $300m payout could achieve

n Pay for all the aid programmes and the Republic of Congo $138 Stock Exchange and the Bostwa- in Angola for a year or for Swaziland million. na Stock Exchange - combined. and the Republic of Congo combined n Eliminate guinea worm- one of Data from the World Bank shows for a year with some change to spare. the most debilitating tropical diseas- that $11.3 million worth of stocks were In 2012, aid flows to Angola were es - with plenty of change to spare. traded in Uganda in 2012, $20.9 mil- $242 million, while South Sudan has the most known lion in Namibia, $26.7 million in Tan- Swaziland cases today at 521, followed by Chad zania, and $113 million in Botswana. got $88 (10), Mali (7), and Ethiopia (4); these nPaid for two-thirds of the mil- are the only four countries that still cost of launching a space shuttle. lion have transmission of Guinea worm. According to NASA, the aver- According to the World Health age cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission. A number of African countries have been trying to get space pro- grammes going and the latest one is stuck at the feasibility stage. The Cape-Town based Africa- 2Moon struggled in raising an ini- tial $150 000 last year, that was to be used to study whether such a mission would be practical. n Paid for enough doses to vac- cinate 5.3 million people from Ebola - nearly the entire popula- tion of Sierra Leone of 6.5 million; one of the countries hardest-hit by last year´s Ebola outbreak. Several researchers are working on a vaccine, and in September 2014, it Or- was reported that GlaxoSmithKline´s gani- (GSK) was the furthest along, hav- sation (WHO) ing entered phase I of human trials. and the Carter According to Ripley Ballou, who Center, the fi- heads the Ebola vaccine programme nal drive towards for GSK, $25 million could produce elimination will up to 500 000 doses of the vaccine. need $62million be- – Mail & Guardian tween 2011 and 2015. n Pay off a year´s interest on debt pay- ments for Kenya and two years for Ethiopia. « Paid for enough doses According to the to vaccinate 5.3 million World Bank, Kenya people from Ebola, nearly spent $256 million on in- the entire population of terest for debt payments in Sierra Leone of 6.5 mil- 2013, while Ethiopia spent lion » $161million in the same year. n Bought up all the stocks Pacquiao traded on the Uganda Se- Mayweather curities Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (Tanzania) the Namibian 34 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 Did You Know

11 Facts About Water in the Developing World 11 Facts About n 884 million people in the world lack access to Power in Africa safe water supplies. n Africa’s chronic power problems affect 30 n More than 840 000 people die each year from countries and take a heavy toll on economic water-related diseases. growth and productivity. n Africa needs 7 000 MW of new power n Almost two in three people who need safe generation capacity each year, but has been drinking water survive on less than $2 a day. installing only 1 000 MW in recent years. n Only one fifth of the population of n In many developing countries, millions of Sub Saharan Africa has access to elec- women spend several hours a day collecting tricity compared with one half in South water from distant, often polluted sources. Asia and four fifths in Latin America. n At present rates of electrification most n Every minute a child dies of a water-related African countries will fail to reach uni- disease. versal access to electricity even by 2050. n Diarrhoea caused by inadequate drinking n Africa’s power costs around US$0.18 water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an per kilowatt-hour on average to produce estimated 842 000 people every year global- (about twice as expensive as elsewhere). ly, or approximately 2 300 people per day. n Frequent power outages force firms to rely on expensive back-up genera- n More than 1/2 of all primary schools in tors that cost US$0.40 per kilowatt-hour. developing countries don’t have adequate water nTo harness these resources will require region- facilities and nearly 2/3 lack adequate sanitation. al power trade that could potentially save the continent US$2.2 billion a year in energy costs. n Clean water is one aspect of improving n Addressing Africa’s power problems sustainable food production in or- and implementing regional trade will re- der to reduce poverty and hunger. quire spending of US$41 billion per year. n Reducing the operational ineffi- n More than 80% of sewage in developing ciencies of power utilities through in- countries is discharged untreated, pol- stitutional reforms would save luting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. US$3.3 billion a year. n Reforming poorly designed power sec- n countries or regions with absolute water scar- tor subsidies, that today are largely failing city, and two-thirds of the world’s population to reach the poor, would capture a further could be living under water stressed conditions. US$2.2 billion a year that could be used for power infrastructure development. n Every $1 spent on water and sanitation n A financing gap of US$23 billion per year generates $8 as a result of saved time, increased remains that can only be bridged by addi- productivity and reduced health care costs. tional funding. - www.dosomething.org -AICD ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015 35 36 ZimFund Magazine Special Issue 2015

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