Tanzania has highlighted its investment in water infrastructure and efforts to expand access to safe water at an African ministerial meeting in Angola, where leaders discussed how shared water resources can support peace and regional cooperation.
The country’s delegation, led by Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, is using the meeting to outline Tanzania’s water sector progress and its approach to managing shared rivers, lakes and water basins.
Dr Kombo is representing President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the meeting in Luanda, which brings together African presidents, foreign affairs ministers and water ministers under the theme of water as a link for peace.
Water Minister Jumaa Hamidu Aweso and other government experts are also part of the delegation attending the October 22, 2026 meeting.
Tanzania’s presentation focuses on government funding for water projects, stronger oversight and efforts to extend reliable supplies to communities that have historically faced difficulties accessing safe water.
The government has prioritised investment in water infrastructure, with implementation continuing in areas where access remains a challenge.
However, the wider test for Tanzania, as for other African countries, is ensuring that infrastructure investment translates into reliable services for households, businesses and communities.
The Luanda meeting is also addressing the governance of transboundary water resources, including cooperation between countries that share rivers, lakes and water basins.
Discussions cover community participation, the role of women and young people, climate change, migration, conflict, investment in water infrastructure and capacity building.
The meeting’s theme is strengthening the governance of Africa’s transboundary water resources as a tool for preventing and resolving conflicts.
For Tanzania, regional cooperation is important because the management of shared water resources requires coordination between countries, particularly as climate change and competing demands place pressure on supplies.
The delegation is expected to use the platform to explain Tanzania’s contribution to regional cooperation and joint management of shared water basins.
The discussions also place water investment within a broader development and peace agenda, recognising that access to water infrastructure and the management of shared resources can influence livelihoods and relations between communities and countries.