Videos, animations and carousels from CIWA and its partners, telling the story of cooperation across Africa’s shared waters.
In 2023, CIWA launched the Male Champions for Women’s Empowerment (MCWE) to work with a cadre of men who pledge to take steps to support the active participation of women within the transboundary water context: Male Champions are uniquely placed to engage with other men to advocate for gender equality and women’s empowerment within transboundary water organizations at the local, national, regional, and continental level.
Groundwater is a lifeline for communities in the Horn of Africa. Discover the Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience Project (HoAGW4R), a World Bank-funded initiative with CIWA, IGAD, Kenya’s Ministry of Water, Sanitation & Irrigation and partners, working to expand sustainable access to groundwater and strengthen resilience in drought-affected communities in Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir and Garissa, along the borders with Ethiopia and Somalia.
Across participating countries and regional organizations, the Regional Climate Resilience Program (RCRP) is turning shared ambition into real change. This video brings together stories from the people and institutions on the ground, showing how regional cooperation is delivering results and strengthening resilience for communities. From national partners to regional bodies, each story reflects a common commitment to working across borders.
The World Bank’s Cooperation in International Waters in Africa program—CIWA—is at the forefront of tackling Sub-Saharan Africa’s most urgent water-related challenges and transforming them into opportunities for resilience and growth. Since 2011, CIWA has catalyzed change by accelerating transboundary water cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa to enable governments, river basin organizations, civil society groups, and others to make evidence-based decisions about water resources management and development.
Transboundary water resources in Africa are quintessential for the continent's growth and development. CIWA supports riparian governments in maximizing the potential of those resources through collaboration, addressing cross-cutting issues, and providing technical and analytical know-how. A decade later, CIWA continues its commitment to help drive consensus among stakeholders toward equitable and sustainable access.
In 2011, sub-Saharan African countries and development partners came together with the vision of sparking greater cooperation among countries sharing transboundary waters. Together, they created CIWA, a multi-donor trust fund of the World Bank. Ten years later, despite a multitude of political and economic shocks, instability, climate disasters, and health crises including a pandemic, Sub-Saharan countries remain committed to continuing to cooperate around water resources. Watch our video that celebrates our 10 Years.
What happens when communities shape water decisions?
Five regional practitioners on what it takes to build drought resilience across Southern Africa's shared waters.
From Phase I to Phase II, from a handful of partnerships to 40+, and from an idea to a network training the next generation of groundwater experts across Southern Africa.
