CAP BLEU - BMCE bank of Africa
Water issues are of paramount importance in all regions of the world. Optimizing this precious resource, be it access, quality management or the fight against losses, is no longer a choice but a ...
ProSus Magazine: Building capacity for climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions
The second issue of START International’s ProSus Magazine is now available at: https://start.org/prosus_magazine/ This issue features research and stories from ASSAR (Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid ...
OECD Water Security for Sustainable Development in Africa – Call for Stakeholder Contributions
On 21 March 2018, Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, received the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize during the 8th World Water Forum (Brasilia). The Prize provides an impetus for the ...
WEBINAR: Rebalancing power in global food chains – lessons from Kenya
An initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their associations and wider communities can best empower themselves to articulate their development priorities, make informed ...
The 2nd AfriAlliance Bridge Event at the African Utility week was highlighted on SABC News
The 2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event in Cape Town is focused on fostering social innovation related to climate change and water in Africa. This interactive, half-day event served as a matching ...
RWSSI African Weekly Digest 16/05/2019
The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) is an Africa-wide initiative hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Please find below a selection of water-related news stories from ...
Call for innovators
AfriAlliance is looking for social innovation companies in water and climate change who would like to contribute to our Innovation Bridge Event at the African Utility Week on 15 May 2019 at the CTICC ...
World Water Day 2019
What is World Water Day? World Water Day is coordinated by UN-Water – the UN’s inter-agency collaboration mechanism for all freshwater related issues – in collaboration with governments and partners ...
Now available online: the AfriAlliance Handbook on Data Collection
How can you best develop a data collection project, ensure that high quality data is collected and achieve maximum impact? The AfriAlliance Handbook on Data Collection focusses on the development ...
Climate-KIC Call to Action – Apply Now!
20 February 2019 Climate-KIC has opened their next call for proposals. Their Call to Action outlines what they are looking for. There are 5 options when applying to this call. These run in parallel ...
APPLY NOW: Capacity Development Acceleration Fund for Sustainable Cities and Neighbourhoods
5 February 2019 The GCRF Centre for Sustainable Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) has launched a new fund to strengthen the capacity of early career researchers to understand and address global ...
Earth Challenge 2020: Research Questions to Help Citizen Science Scale
31 January 2019 In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN), the U.S. Department of State, and The Wilson Center are launching Earth Challenge 2020 (EC 2020) as the ...
RWSN E-Discussion on Inclusive Rural Water Supply Management Innovation
6 November 2018 We all know that high rural water supply coverage figures tend to obscure serious service and sustainability issues in terms of continuity of water services, equal access to water ...
Launch of the Global Center on Adaptation
17 October 2018 On 16 October 2018, the formal launch of the Global Center on Adaptation took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that “the role of Global Center on ...
IPCC Report 2018: Global Warming of 1,5 ºC
2 October 2018 Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the IPCC said in a new assessment. With clear benefits to people ...
Launch of the Second Set of AfriAlliance Action Groups
25 September 2018 After a competitive call AfriAlliance has selected the 2nd set of 5 Action Groups that are currently launching their activities. Following the African and European wide call to ...
Pitching successful innovations at the 2nd AfriAlliance Roadshow event
The Water Research Commission of South Africa held the second AfriAlliance Roadshow Event on 25 July 2018 in Pretoria, South Africa. Policy makers, innovators, funders, researches and entrepreneurs ...
WaterNet Symposium and Brokerage event in Zambia
20 September 2018 During the WaterNet Symposium, AfriAlliance will organize its 3rd Brokerage event on “Monitoring of water availability in terms of quantity & quality for food security” on Wednesday ...
