Challenges hampering water infrastructure development in Africa

The article discusses the difficulties that water infrastructure faces in African context. The need to create effective and efficient water infrastructure is highlighted, as well as the connection between water and the objectives of sustainable development goal (SDG) 6. The information included in the article was gathered through a literature review and is based on qualitative desktop analysis. The internet, Acts, government documents, journal articles, annual reports, and journal papers are a few examples of secondary sources of information. The findings point out several difficulties with the development of water infrastructure, including migration, climate change, population growth, urbanization, deteriorated infrastructure, water scarcity, poverty, a lack of financial and human resources, as well as poor maintenance of water infrastructure. The economic, political, technological, infrastructural, environmental, ecological, and institutional aspects that negatively affect infrastructure development are presented in the article. The article suggests using public-private partnerships (PPPs) as an alternate solution to the problem. The article therefore aim is to examine the challenges in water infrastructure as well as the role that PPPs play in it. PPPs' role in the development of water infrastructure is described, with an emphasis on best practices that Africa might follow to improve water infrastructure. Therefore, the study looks at how PPPs were used in a few countries that had water-related problems and evaluates how PPP implementation enhanced the water infrastructure built in the selected countries. These evaluations offer best practices and insights that African nations with weak water infrastructure might use. The article therefore aims to examine the benefits and difficulties of developing water infrastructure as well as the role that PPPs play in it. The article aims to create awareness regarding the challenges hampering the realization of SDG 6 in Africa, and hence contributes to the disciplines of public administration/management /governance and water studies.