Africa-Press – South-Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa said that water should not be relegated to the background and should be at the forefront when it comes to infrastructure investment.
He said that the provision of water should be placed at the highest level of the political agenda on the continent and has called on investors to put money in developing water infrastructure.
Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at the opening of the African Union-AIP Water Investment Summit in Cape Town on Wednesday.
The president said that one of the summit’s aims is to bring Africa and international partners together and has called on investors to heed the call to invest in water.
Ramaphosa said that water investment must no longer be an afterthought when countries come together to discuss issues like climate and finance.
“Quite often, when investments take place, water is always relegated to the back. We are now bringing water, an essential process that sustains our lives, to the fore to make sure that water is clearly put on the investment agenda.”
Ramaphosa said the launch of the global outlook council on water investments would see the Africa water investment programme scaled up into a global water investment platform.
Ramaphosa also called on governments and investors to build a world where water was recognised as a human right.
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