Cooperation in International Waters in Africa
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CIWA supports riparian countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and their path towards sustainable and cooperative 🤝 management of #transboundary water 💧 bodies.
Washington, D.C.
Joined September 2021
📢 The @CIWAprogram Annual Report 2025 is out now! in Sub-Saharan Africa, CIWA helps countries turn shared water challenges into opportunities through: 🫱🏿🫲🏽 cooperation, ♻️ resilient planning, & 🧑🏿🔬 science-based solutions. Read our 2025 report 👉🏾 https://t.co/FeAvp3CBjo
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90% of Africa’s water flows through 63 transboundary basins, so cooperation is vital—but many regions remain data-poor🌍💧 @CIWAprogram's #WaterDataRevolution bridges the gap with satellite tools, regional dashboards & capacity building 👩🏾💻📊 BLOG 👉🏿 https://t.co/mM9fuH4Qz4
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In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, women are on the frontlines of climate change — but often have the fewest resources to adapt. A new @WorldBank study highlights the constraints and priorities for empowering women to lead on climate adaptation: https://t.co/k8FsZhCzoi
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🔎 #CIWAinFocus: What is #NCCR? (1/2) Climate pressures are straining water resources in the Nile Basin 🚱 The NCCR project strengthens regional cooperation so countries can jointly manage water quality, floods, droughts & dam safety 🫱🏿🫲🏽💧 Learn more 👉🏿 https://t.co/gN4TPwVqa0
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📢 @CIWAprogram is launching 'In Focus', a new LinkedIn series spotlighting our initiatives and the people driving climate-resilient, inclusive cooperation on shared waters across Africa 🌍💧 🔎 Read part 1 today - https://t.co/DTLpSwqhet
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#CitizenLed data generation: NBD wraps stakeholder consultations in Sio-Siteko & Mara Basins! Communities & CSOs shared insights on wetland challenges, local solutions & climate impacts. Next: reconnaissance & prioritising challenges for citizen-led monitoring tools. #Wetlands
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All 10 member states sharing the Nile are concerned about meeting their rising demand for water, food & electricity. Nile Technical Advisory Committee has 2 envoys for each country, representing its unique interests, fears, & concerns. #NileCooperation
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🥜🌾 "Without rain, I can’t grow enough food to feed my family." Farmers like Susan Muzumi in Zambia 🇿🇲 are facing severe drought impacts—but groundwater access is changing that. 🪙 Investment +💧 groundwater = 🌱 More crops = 🍽 food security 📖 BLOG: https://t.co/H9eF3zL1By
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🌿 @CIWAprogram initiatives focus on how effective #transboundary water management can enhance biodiversity in sub-Saharan #Africa 🌍🐟 In holistically supporting ecosystem health, investments can indirectly support #agriculture, #fisheries & other #economic activities 🌾🥬🫛
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In rural #Benin 🇧🇯 #WaterWorks for jobs 💧Thanks to the work of plumbers like Delphine, reliable access to clean water means women no longer spend hours fetching water, freeing time for income-generating activities. Explore the impact here: https://t.co/iMwrVKNljM
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A powerful reminder that recovery in the #LakeChad Basin depends on both local action and regional water cooperation 🫱🏿🫲🏽💧 From restored farmland to reopened markets, #PROLAC is showing what’s possible when communities and countries work together 🌾
Local solutions drive recovery in the #LakeChad Basin. Through #PROLAC, communities and local governments are restoring water for farming, roads to markets, and livelihoods—reaching 1.5 million people. Read: https://t.co/Q5cSui7RIg
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In rural Ethiopia, #IDAworks with @ciwaprogram to improve access to clean, safe water. A piped water system in Adami Tesso and Kumato regions is bringing water to >24,000 people, and with it, better health, education, and livelihoods: https://t.co/kINdB9ZRs0
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62% of jobs in sub-Saharan Africa depend on water. Water is not just about survival; it is about prosperity. When rainfall drops, so does GDP, highlighting just how vital water is to lives, work and growth. Learn more: https://t.co/iYdCTAnZ8C
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. @WorldBank group is elevating New Water by #ScalingWaterReuse & #Desalinaion. How do governments start the process? See the World Bank's new guidelines & tools for the creation of an enabling environment & the appraisal of desalination & reuse projects. https://t.co/ydE2rFM5T4
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From national development plans to climate reports, #Uganda is embedding nature into its economic future with the help of the Global Program on Sustainability. Learn more: https://t.co/cYBQW5aED3
#GPS_WorldBank #NaturalCapital
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It’s happening! 📢 @CIWAprogram’s 15th Advisory Committee Meeting kicks off today in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪! This week we meet with our partners to discuss how we are #GoingBeyondWater to support cooperation across Africa’s shared waters for climate resilience & livelihoods 💧🌍♻️
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Day 8, Course 8: Indicator 6.3.2 for #WaterQuality: Progress toward #SDG6 is monitored by defined indicators including one for water quality in surface & groundwater. This course introduces background & concepts of that specific indicator. https://t.co/hMen2WiNET
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#Kisumu Dr Florence Grace Adongo, after the sensors' handover today, visited @EAC_LVBC chief Dr Masinde Bwire to discuss continued collaboration post-NCCR @ciwaprogram to safeguard benefits realised for their Member States. Includes some of NBI's here https://t.co/HLkvrvddyi
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Four new pollution-monitoring stations on #Rwanda’s Akagera and Akanyaru rivers will track water quality in real time — strengthening climate resilience and regional cooperation under the @WorldBank–funded CIWA project. Read more: https://t.co/quChiKXFJ0
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BREAKING📺📻 #Kenya today became 6th Nile Basin country to receive a modern set of water quality monitoring equipment from us, part of a regional effort to reverse escalating pollution & declining #WaterQuality thru near real-time, science-based data collection & upgraded labs.
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