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Juste Nansi CEO Riva Sahel Director Riva Africa

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Welcome to Riva Africa

Riva Africa is an African advisory platform for the transformation of public service systems, working with those who carry sovereign responsibility for reform.

Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium

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Why the Kigali 2026 leadership symposium is the moment Africa's water sector cannot afford to miss

Kigali 2026 convenes leaders to transform Africa's water systems through governance, finance, and accountability

Participants engage in a breakout working session during the Africa All Systems Go Symposium in Accra, October 2022. Photo: IRC

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Why professionalisation is the conversation Africa's water sector cannot postpone—and what we'll be discussing in Kigali

Discover why professionalisation underpins financial credibility, investor confidence, and safely managed SDG 6 services.

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Why the Africa Water and Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium matters for organisations working with African governments

The upcoming Symposium in Kigali offers a rare opportunity to step outside the project logic and engage with the long arc of national transformation.

Participants at the 14th AMCOW General Assembly in September 2025. Photo credit: AMCOW/Flickr

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Why Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Water need to be in the same room — and what we’ll be discussing in Kigali

Why water investment stalls—and how fiscal dialogue can unlock Africa's WASH ambitions.

Technicians responding to a drinking water leak (OpenAI generated image)

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Non-revenue water: What losing a third of every drop really says about our system

Non-revenue water is a governance challenge, not just an engineering problem.

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Welcome to Riva Africa

Riva Africa is an African advisory platform for the transformation of public service systems, working with those who carry sovereign responsibility for reform.

Article

Why the Kigali 2026 leadership symposium is the moment Africa's water sector cannot afford to miss

Kigali 2026 convenes leaders to transform Africa's water systems through governance, finance, and accountability

Article

Why professionalisation is the conversation Africa's water sector cannot postpone—and what we'll be discussing in Kigali

Discover why professionalisation underpins financial credibility, investor confidence, and safely managed SDG 6 services.

Article

Why the Africa Water and Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium matters for organisations working with African governments

The upcoming Symposium in Kigali offers a rare opportunity to step outside the project logic and engage with the long arc of national transformation.

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Why Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Water need to be in the same room — and what we’ll be discussing in Kigali

Why water investment stalls—and how fiscal dialogue can unlock Africa's WASH ambitions.

Article

Non-revenue water: What losing a third of every drop really says about our system

Non-revenue water is a governance challenge, not just an engineering problem.

Article

Welcome to Riva Africa

Riva Africa is an African advisory platform for the transformation of public service systems, working with those who carry sovereign responsibility for reform.

Article

Why the Kigali 2026 leadership symposium is the moment Africa's water sector cannot afford to miss

Kigali 2026 convenes leaders to transform Africa's water systems through governance, finance, and accountability

Article

Why professionalisation is the conversation Africa's water sector cannot postpone—and what we'll be discussing in Kigali

Discover why professionalisation underpins financial credibility, investor confidence, and safely managed SDG 6 services.

Article

Why the Africa Water and Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium matters for organisations working with African governments

The upcoming Symposium in Kigali offers a rare opportunity to step outside the project logic and engage with the long arc of national transformation.

Article

Why Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Water need to be in the same room — and what we’ll be discussing in Kigali

Why water investment stalls—and how fiscal dialogue can unlock Africa's WASH ambitions.

Article

Non-revenue water: What losing a third of every drop really says about our system

Non-revenue water is a governance challenge, not just an engineering problem.

Who we are

Riva Africa is the Pan-African platform through which Riva members carry out their work together across the continent. Read where we came from and what drives us forward.

Riva Africa are part of the Riva Network

The Riva network is a federation of independent, locally led and globally connected organisations across Africa, Asia and Europe, united by a shared mission and name. Find out more about the network.

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Our people

Every challenge is different. What doesn't change is the depth of experience we bring to it. Our people carry the expertise and local knowledge that makes systems change possible. Meet the team.

Juste Nansi

Sanata Théra

Afou Bengaly

We can help

Whatever your challenge, we’ll have a way of approaching it. Read about our services and expertise and see how we can help you.

Change Story

When Africa changed the question

From projects to systems: Africa's new blueprint for unlocking water investment

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Find research and learning useful to you, explore innovation and insight by us and others, and develop systems strengthening skills that deliver services that last. From how-to guides to peer-reviewed research: find what you need.

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Financial credibility

Paper proposing a strategic framework for WASH system transformation centred on building financial credibility across governance, regulation and operations

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Structures of the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda

Background note for the Africa Water and Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026

Africa’s leading water and sanitation symposium driving systems transformation, leadership, and sustainable impact

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The water supply and sanitation regulatory landscape across africa continent wide synthesis report ircwash

Comprehensive synthesis report examining the current state of water and sanitation regulation across Africa

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Our impact

Stories of systems, changed by people. See what’s possible when systems strengthen and transform. Explore our stories.