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Fluence (ASX:FLC) has secured two contracts valued at approximately US$3.7 million to design and supply seawater desalination plants in Vietnam.

Rubicon Water (ASX:RWL) expects its preliminary FY26 revenue to land between $62 million and $65 million.

The African Development Bank says water investments on the continent have increased over the past decade from upstream preparation of projects to desalination efforts, service delivery and wastewater treatment plants. But Mtchera Chirwa, the AfDB's water and sanitation department director, says gaps within the sector won't just be resolved with more capital injection.

Demand for water is rising across Sub-Saharan Africa, but supply is falling behind, leaving nearly one in three people without basic access. Soma Moulik, World Bank Water Global Practice Manager, tells Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja that the sector faces a significant funding gap.