CIWA Insights
A View from the Field
STORY
Without a scholarship from the SADC-GMI Young Professionals program, supported by CIWA, Chipo Perseverance Mungenge never would have obtained her PhD in Zoology from Rhodes University in South Africa, where she focused on aquatic ecology and biodiversity conservation. And if Mungenge, a native Zimbabwean, hadn’t gotten her PhD, she wouldn’t have grown so much as a person—or learned about the importance of communities to groundwater management.
Videos
SIWI's Key Signals series
In the latest edition of SIWI's Key Signals series, Anders Jägerskog highlights an important shift taking place in transboundary water cooperation. Across Africa, countries are exploring new ways to fund and finance shared river basin management. One example is the Okavango–Cubango River Basin, where innovative financing mechanisms are helping create longer-term financial stability for the institutions responsible for managing shared water resources.
Events
African Water Forum
The African Water Forum concluded in July 2026 with a landmark commitment. African states and regional organizations adopted the N'Djamena Declaration: a shared call to make water work for people, food systems, the planet, and prosperity across the continent. Under the hashtag #WaterForward coalition, this forum marks a turning point: translating shared ambition into concrete investments and regional cooperation.