Blog: The annual AfriAlliance meeting – seen through the eyes of Young AfriAlliance
Once a year, the 16 AfriAlliance partners meet during a plenary meeting to coordinate and ensure that the project progresses positively. This year, the meeting was held outside of Nairobi, Kenya, from ...
Blog: Involving communities in water management and climate change adaptation
As an NGO working on environment and human rights, we see that there is a global push for large infrastructure under the guise of ‘national development’ and ‘climate adaptation’, with considerable ...
Blog: Tackling Climate Change, Enhancing Energy Access
In several countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of deforestation is increasingly becoming rampant as the populations rely heavily on wood fuel, the major energy source for cooking and heating. By ...
Blog: WaterNet – Strengthening capacity to co-create regional water solutions in a changing environment
WaterNet’s success as a regional capacity building network is evident in increased capacity for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) ...
Blog: Water Supply Shortage in Rwanda
Rwanda is a landlocked country situated in the great lakes region of Africa. Also known as the land of thousand hills. Rwanda has lakes and rivers, some forming the source of the River Nile. It has ...
Blog: It’s destroying infrastructure, degrading ecosystems and risking lives: The environmental threat you’ve never heard of
In my experience, I have rarely been made aware of coastal or river sand mining in academic terms or in my daily life. Only recently have I heard the term in my master’s course, in developmental ...
Blog: INBO – a partner to develop capacity on climate adaptation in the basins of lakes, rivers and aquifers
The International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) has developed a strong engagement in the past few years in the field of climate adaptation in the basins of lakes, rivers and aquifers. ...
Blog: How we work. A peek behind the scenes!
It’s been 3 months since our Launch Conference in South Africa. The dust has settled and our partners are back home to continue their work. In organizing the conference, we launched the AfriAlliance ...
Blog: How do we move towards resilient water-wise cities in Africa?
Water is pivotal to our development as a people, and in Africa it will be the defining resource in our shared urban future. How we respond to the multiple water challenges and the way we manage water ...
