In partnership with WRC (Water Research Commission) and SA Hydrological Society, the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa will offer this exciting training opportunity. For enquiries, please contact Ms Tinisha Chetty : chettyk@ukzn.ac.za
Mr Everson Ndlovu PhD candidate attended the Climate Change and Futures in Africa Conference in Namibia, and presented on the climate change impacts and pollution on the Deka River, a tributary of the Zambezi River.
The Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre Kumasi (KNUST) offered this exciting short course training, in collaboration with the Water Resources Commission and Ghana Atomic Commission. The training was attended by 25 participants from academia and the private sector. Prof Rolanda Yonaba at 2iE, Burkina Faso also taught into the course.
The NUST Zimbabwe team for the ACEWATER III project visited the UNESCO regional offices in Harare, where areas of possible collaboration were discussed. The NUST Zimbabwe team will assist UNESCO in selected projects in the Binga area, as implementing partners, particularly for groundwater monitoring and early warning system designs.
Five members from NUST Zimbabwe ACEWATER III team attended a two-day International Symposium on Heavy Metal Pollution at the University of Zimbabwe, courtesy of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the ZAZINAMBO project. The team presented posters on the current work being done on the Deka River, as well as one oral presentation.
The Institute of Water Environment and Climate Research at Addis Ababa University offered two short course trainings in August 2025. The first training was on Emergency Wash from 19-22 August 2025 aimed at professionals managing disasters who needed critical skills to design, coordinate and evaluate life-saving WASH interventions during disasters. This course had 30 in-person and 55 virtual trainees.
The second course was hosted from 25-29 August 2025 on Earth Observation for Transboundary Water Resources Management, which attracted 30 in-person and over 30 virtual participants together, including those from ACEWATER III partner institutions.
The research and capacity development activities are undertaken within the framework of the ACEWATER III project, which is funded by the European Commission.
This continental symposium was attended by more than 200 participants, mostly doctoral and post-doctoral students from Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Cameroon, Togo, Mali, Tchad, Madagascar. The event delivered 74 oral presenations, 20 posters and four roundtable discussions. The latter covered themes on:
1.) Building Water Security by 2050. Senegal’s Vision and Strategy
2.) Water security and Climate Change. Results from EDEQUE
3.) What geopolitics of water in the Sahel in a context of growing water stress?
4.) Partnerships and collaborations towards water security
KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana, offered this highly successful short course to 40 participants drawn from 15 different institutions, ranging from postgraduate students and academics to mining firms and national water agencies. 33% of attendees were female. Dr Martin Eduvie at the National Water Resource Institute in Kaduna, Nigeria, taught selected content, while a colleague from 2iE also attended.
