Common Roadmap for scaling up weather, water and climate services delivery in Africa
1 June 2017 The emerging work area broadly labeled as “weather, water and climate services” is gaining momentum as a critical instrument for informing adaptation efforts in Africa, which has been ...
Set of publications: rainwater for small-scale irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa
24 May 2017 After 3 years, the capacity-building project AFRHINET has come to an end. A set of key publications focusing on innovative know-how and experiences on the use of rainwater for off-season ...
Video: The Role of Water in Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change (IISD ENB+)
UN Water has developed a set of guiding principles on water and climate change for experts and decision makers to consider when preparing development plans and related investments. These principles ...
Water JPI workshop on RDI cooperation development for tackling global water challenges
25 April 2017 Participants included representatives from ARIMNet2, ERANETMED, PRIMA and LEAP-Agri. AfriAlliance was represented by Dr. Mamohloding Tlhagale from WRC. The workshop was opened by Sana ...
Drought pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa
25 April 2017 Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and ...
AfriAlliance Newsletter no. 2
19 April 2017 Dear reader, In March, AfriAlliance reached an important milestone: the inaugural launch conference of AfriAlliance on the African continent. This newsletter presents a digest of the ...
Bridging the innovation development gap
11 April 2017 It is clear that innovation gaps have been and still are a reality for long, but there is no quick response to them. Participants in this session during the AfriAlliance Launch ...
Showcasing our Action Groups!
6 April 2017 Two of the five AfriAlliance Action Groups participated in the AfriAlliance Conference and highlighted their activities and progress in a dedicated session. Dr. Nelson Odume and Dr. Nosie ...
AfriAlliance Conference Session: Sustainable WaSH in the age of climate change
25 March 2017 This session included valuable contributions from AfWa, Ps-Eau and the Flowered project. Mr Usher, Executive Director of the African Water Association, gave a keynote speech about the ...
AfriAlliance Conference Session: New Data Streams, Education & Multi-Stakeholder Interactions
25 March 2017 This interactive session, moderated by Bettina Genthe from CSIR, had three diverse and inspiring contributors: Dr. Marieke de Groen about TAHMO (Trans-African HydroMeterological ...
Smart Solutions for Water and Climate
24 March 2017 This session during the AfriAlliance Conference was for the audience to learn about water monitoring and mapping with the help of mobile devices, tools and sensors, as well as how the ...
Shaping the AfriAlliance future activities
23 March 2017 One of the sessions during the second day of the AfriAlliance Launch Conference, hosted by the LoCS4Africa Conference in South Africa, was about shaping the future activities of the ...
AfriAlliance Launch Conference officially opened
22 March 2017 On World Water Day, AfriAlliance had its Inaugural Launch on the African continent. Almost 200 people attended the opening session of the AfriAlliance Conference, that had three ...
Showcasing African Initiatives
22 March 2017 The first day of the AfriAlliance Launch Conference was concluded with a highly interactive session showcasing different African initiatives touching upon the themes of water and climate ...
AfriAlliance Newsletter no. 1
AfriAlliance Project Coordinator's Note Dear reader, On behalf of the whole AfriAlliance team, I am pleased to introduce the first AfriAlliance Newsletter! The AfriAlliance project aims to better ...
AU Commission appoints High Level African Panel on Emerging Technologies
4 January 2017 The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), HE Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has made a landmark decision by appointing ten (10) eminent experts from various fields to serve on ...
MEP Water Group organizes public session on “Τhe role of Water in Adaptation to Climate Change”
21 December 2016 Under the theme ‘The role of water in Adaptation to Climate Change’, the MEP Water Group organised a well attended public session on the 6th of December at the European Parliament in ...
Paris Climate Agreement into force on 4 November
16 November 2016 The historic Paris Agreement to address climate change, that was adopted in December 2015, entered into force on 4 November 2016. “This is a momentous occasion,” said UN Secretary ...
