Cameroon - Yaoundé City Sustainable Enhanced Drainage and Sanitation Project (PCADY)

About this project

The Yaoundé City Sustainable Enhanced Drainage and Sanitation Project (PCADY) is in line with the objectives of the previous Yaoundé City Sustainable Sanitation Project (PADY) Phases 1 and 2, while also making the necessary adjustments to increase the expected outcomes. The 17 km of canals built during the first and second phases of the project on the watercourses that drain Yaoundé City have significantly reduced the frequency and impacts of flooding in a part of the city. The project has improved the adaptation of Yaoundé to climate change. However, the exceptionally heavy rains of 2018 led to further flooding, prompting the identification of actions that should be taken to supplement achievements of Phases 1 and 2. A study carried out in the second phase of the project revealed the need to build new structures that would significantly reduce the frequency of flooding in the city in a climate change context. Furthermore, a number of relevant PADY2 activities could not be carried out due to procurement difficulties, and Covid-19. To avoid degrading the portfolio's performance, given that the project was becoming aged, the Bank opted to close phase 2 on 30 June 2021. The Bank is committed to responding to the Government's new request to implement additional activities such as waste treatment and management, construction of a flood retention basin, and improvement and maintenance of roads on the banks of the canals already built with a view to integrating these roads into the…

Published by

African Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Cameroon

Sectors

Sanitation - large systems

Places

Yaoundé

Funded by

African Development Fund

Implemented by

Ministère des finances

Passes funds through

Government Of Cameroon

Published by African Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 46002-P-CM-EB0-009.

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