This report provides an overview of the status of WSS regulation across Africa. It presents a summary of regulatory frameworks in place for WSS service provision in urban and rural areas in 54 countries based on a study initiated by ESAWAS. Key findings and overviews are provided for the policy and legal backing for WSS regulation, different spheres of regulation (regulated service providers, regulated service delivery types), regulatory mechanisms, and the regulatory environment.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Southern African region in ten countries: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Eastern African region in 14 countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Central African region in nine countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Western Africa region in 15 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Northern African region in six countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. Data on Sahrawi Republic could not be obtained.