The Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State have formally adopted the progressive Continental Africa Water Investment Program (AIP), during its 34th Ordinary Session on 7th February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AIP was adopted as part of the second phase of...
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AIP WACDEP-G launches in Uganda to address endemic gender inequalities
“Vulnerable people especially women, girls, and children need social and environmental systems that are resilient to climate change”, said Kidanemariam Jembere, GWP Africa Technical Advisor. Kidanemariam Jembere – GWP Africa Technical Advisor Speaking at the...
BLOG: Youth and innovation – Transforming Africa’s inherent adaptive capacity into action
Paseka Lesolang, Youth, Innovation, Jobs and Industrialisation Coordinator at Global Water Partnership – Africa calls for creative funding models to help Africans’ big ideas on adaptation to take off. This is one of a series of blogs commissioned by CDKN on...
6th PIDA Week: Urgent need to mobilise private and national resources for PIDA water projects
Water projects under consideration for implementation under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) have increased significantly from just 2% of the first PIDA Priority Action Plan (PAP), which concluded in 2020, to 17% of the second...
WEF Nexus framework to strengthen coordination of water, energy, and food sectors in the SADC Region
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Water Energy Food (WEF) Regional Governance Framework is expected to strengthen WEF Nexus governance in the region. The Framework together with the web- based regional investment project screening and appraisal tool...
AIP Technical Reference Group established, begins work towards AIP Water Investment Scorecard
The Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) Technical Reference Group, which will provide technical expertise in the implementation of the AIP, held its kick-off meeting virtually on the 9th December 2020. The AIP Technical Reference Group, or ARG, will be co-chaired...
DRESS-EA Project launched in East Africa to address climate challenges in IGAD Region
The Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region (DRESS-EA) project was launched online on 6 October 2020. The DRESS-EA Project seeks to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and pastoralists to...
Global Center on Adaptation Africa launches, GWP invites participation in AIP Project Preparation Partnership
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) launched a regional office for Africa, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) at its headquarters in the Ivorian capital Abidjan, on 16 September. GCA Africa will work with partners across Africa to scale and...
His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete and GWP Partners- AUDA-NEPAD, AfDB, AMCOW, European Commission, SWA, and UfM explore ways to improve water security investments in post Covid-19 recovery
The Global Water Partnership Africa and Mediterranean session of the GWP 2020 Network Meeting was held under the theme Bringing the change and brought together more than 150 GWP Partners from Central, East, West, and Southern Africa as well as the...