Water & Sanitation Tenders in Africa

Water and sanitation (WASH) is a priority sector for African governments and development partners, covering drinking-water supply networks, boreholes and water treatment plants, sewerage and wastewater systems, irrigation, and rural sanitation programmes. Opportunities mix civil works, equipment supply and operations contracts, issued by national water utilities, ministries of water resources, municipalities and basin authorities. Financing leans heavily on the World Bank, AfDB, AFD and the European Union, given the public-good nature of the sector and its central place in public health. Bidanga aggregates 7,772 active water and sanitation opportunities from across the continent into a single searchable feed.

Demand is intense in rapidly urbanising and water-stressed regions, including the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and large cities in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Egypt, where utilities are expanding coverage and reducing non-revenue water. Many tenders bundle design, build and sometimes operate components, and require demonstrated experience with similar networks. Pump stations, pipe supply, drilling rigs and water-quality monitoring equipment generate recurrent goods contracts alongside the civil works, and donor-financed packages typically demand prequalification and environmental and social safeguards. Browse every live water and sanitation tender below, filter by country, value or deadline, and set a free alert to be notified the moment a new WASH contract is published in Africa.