Strengthening Water Resilience in Ethiopia’s Rural Communities
Posted in : Blog on 3 July 2025
With support from CIWA, the World Bank-supported Ethiopia Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience Project emphasizes high-quality design that accounts for rising demand driven by climate change and population growth. This approach improves the reliability of these systems and ensures their long-term sustainability. By prioritizing groundwater as a sustainable resource and supporting institutional capacity, the project offers a scalable model for delivering essential services to underserved areas.
The Water Data Revolution: Transforming Transboundary Water Management in Africa
Posted in : Blog on 3 June 2025
Traditional approaches to collecting water data depend on ground-based methods such as rain gauges and weather and river flow meters. But the quality of monitoring networks has declined, and investment in infrastructure and training has been insufficient. Remote sensing technologies have emerged as powerful tools to address these challenges.
Sharing Waters, Transforming Futures: CIWA’s Action for a Climate-Resilient Africa
Posted in : Blog on 15 May 2025
CIWA supports countries to collect and share their water data, collaborate on technical and institutional capacity building, and prioritize optimized joint investments with regional benefits and shared costs.
Protecting groundwater from depletion in the SMAB
Posted in : A View From The Field on 5 May 2025
To manage and govern groundwater effectively, Landing Bojang, chief hydrologist of The Gambia’s Department of Water Resources, advocates for public sensitization, laws, regulations, and institutional capacity.
Protecting the Cubango-Okavango River to support livelihoods
Posted in : Blog on 23 April 2025
Tracy Molefi is program coordinator at OKACOM. She and her colleagues are determined to promote sustainable development and management of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin while also improving livelihoods of communities.
Researching the effects of groundwater-dependent invasive species in South Africa
Posted in : A View From The Field on 7 April 2025
In South-Africa, a water-stressed country, some species pose risks to groundwater-dependent ecosystem services and groundwater conservation. Read the story of Mmasechaba Lebogang Moropane whose work is to detect and map the extent of invasive species that rely on groundwater in the Heuningnes Catchment in the Western Cape province.
Making Africa’s Water Workplaces Welcoming for Women
Posted in : Blog on 5 March 2025
As the world prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, with a call to collectively #AccelerateAction, the World Bank’s Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) is more committed than ever to transforming transboundary water resources organizations into more equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplaces.
A male champion for gender equality
Posted in : Blog on 3 March 2025
In the male-dominated transboundary water sector, men who support gender equality are well-positioned to challenge cultural norms about gender roles and advocate with other men to advance women’s equality and empowerment in water resources institutions. Assefa Gudina explains how he wants to change things.
Taking the Nile Basin Discourse to the next level
Posted in : Latest on 12 February 2025
Without nature, we are nothing,” says Sylvester Matemu, who became head of the Nile Basin Discourse in 2024. “Without nature, we cannot do anything. That perspective underlies Matemu’s passion for protecting water resources and involving communities in gathering data about water and adapting to climate change. CIWA previously supported NBD with projects totaling over US$5 […]
Calming conflict through groundwater resilience
Posted in : Blog on 18 January 2025
Igbal Salah, a hydrologist at IGAD, is doing her part to minimize conflict in the borderlands of the HoA by working with CIWA on its Untapping Resilience: Groundwater Management and Learning in the Horn of Africa’s Borderlands initiative and the related World Bank GW4R program. Read the latest CIWA blog on Horn of Africa.