From February 19 to 23, 2023, Abidjan, the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire, will be the African capital of water and sanitation for a week. Indeed, the 21st International Congress and Exhibition of AfWA and the 7th Conference on Faecal Sludge Management of FSMA will be organized there. The launching ceremony of this double event took place this Thursday, September 29, 2023 in Abidjan in the presence of the Ivorian Minister of Hydraulics, Sanitation and Hygiene, Bouaké Fofana.