Blog: The annual AfriAlliance meeting – seen through the eyes of Young AfriAlliance
20 April 2018 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...
Blog: A 10 step guide to collect actionable data
08 January 2019 In the 21st century, the use of data fundamentally transforms the way we communicate, do business and make decisions. The use of data fundamentally transforms the way we communicate,...
Blog: How we work. A peek behind the scenes!
26 June 2017 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...
Developing bankable transboundary climate change adaptation projects
3 July 2017 From 21-23 June in Dakar, Senegal, more than 30 people participated in the training 'How to prepare bankable projects for financing climate change adaptation in transboundary basins'. It...
AfriAlliance in Stockholm
13 September 2017 The Stockholm World Water Week that took place from 27 August to 1 September 2017 was also a great opportunity for several of the AfriAlliance partners to meet again face-to-face....
Blog: Workshop on Water Innovation in Africa
06 March 2019 On 14 February 2019, the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education hosted a workshop on Water Innovation in Africa, under the theme “Fostering water innovation in Africa: learning from...
EU Water Innovation Conference 2019
Accelerating action to tackle water pollution and enhance EU preparedness to water-related climate change impacts (#EUWIC) The European Commission, DG Environment, in cooperation with the Government...
Foundations for research on the dynamics of water innovation
21 December 2017 The Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production, published on 10 January 2018, focuses on the dynamics of water innovation. Together with my guest co-editors Carlos Montalvo...
Oman Humanitarian Desalination Challenge
MEDRC Water Research and The Research Council have recently announced the launch of a major new initiative in water research, the ‘Oman Humanitarian Desalination Challenge’. The challenge is a $700...
Report on the Action Plan to foster Digital Single Market for Water Services (ICT4Water)
13 June 2018 Developing advanced digital water treatment solutions will contribute dramatically to achieve good status of European water bodies. The water industry of the future will be smart and...
Water for Africa session at EBC-VII & ISEB-2018 conference: finding new ways of cooperation
19 July 2018 AfriAlliance was one of the seven Horizon 2020 projects presented in the ‘Water for Africa’ session at the joint conference of the 7th European Bioremediation Conference (EBC-VII) and the...
Shopping for geospatial data products in the ‘supermarket of African spatial delights’
17 September 2018 During a lively session at Stockholm World Water Week, 12 organisations and start-ups pitched the latest versions of their geospatial data products. The session was convened jointly...
Pitching successful innovations at the 2nd AfriAlliance Roadshow event
24 September 2018 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...
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...
Blog: First AfriAlliance Roadshow Event
27 October 2018 The first AfriAlliance Roadshow event was held on 7 May 2018 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, by AfriAlliance partner 2iE (International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering)....
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...
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....
50 WATER-WISER PhD Scholarships Available
8 March 2019 WEDC is delighted to be working with Leeds and Cranfield Universities on WATER-WISER, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste Infrastructure Systems Engineered for...
