Category Archives: ACEWATER III

200+ participants at International ‘Doctoriales’ of Water Sciences, offered by University Cheikh Anta Diop and The Doctoral School on Water, Water Quality and Water Uses (EDEQUE) (Dakar – Senegal, 24-26 June 2025)

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 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology): Short course on Basic principles, data analysis and analytical methods using laser spectrometry, 21-25 July 2025

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.

Short course training at 2iE, Burkina Faso: Strengthening WASH resilience of displaced people and communities in transboundary basins, 9-11 June 2025

This training module aimed to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to address Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) challenges faced by displaced populations and host communities in transboundary basins. The objectives were to: 1.) Develop understanding of transboundary WASH challenges 2.) Enhance knowledge on best practices and innovations in WASH 3.) Strengthen capacity for WASH governance and coordination and 4.) Promote inclusivity and community engagement approach.

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Secretariat invited to the SADC Resource Mobilisation and Transboundary Water Investment Workshop Lusaka, Zambia 24-25 July 2025

The secretariat for AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE was invited by the SADC Water Division and GWP-SA (Global Water Partners – Southern Africa) to represent the AUDA-NEPAD Water CoEs and to present on the progress of the SADC Water Research Agenda II review.

In support of the Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Management and Development (RSAP V: 2021- 2025), the SADC Water Division, with technical and financial backing from GIZ through the Transboundary Water Management (TWM) programme, is developing a draft RSAP Resource Mobilisation Plan. This consultative workshop brought together member states, RBOs (River Basin Organisations), and international cooperating partners. The Government of Zambia hosted the workshop through the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation. Prof Kawawa Banda at the University of Zambia, a partner of AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE, was also in attendance.

With the support of the ACEWATER III project, funded by the European Union, the secretariat attended this workshop.

Prof Yazidhi Bamutaze (Makerere University, Uganda) promoting AUDA-NEPAD Water CoEs and the ACEWATER III project beyond Africa

Prof Bamutaze attended and participated at the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, held 13-16 July 2025 in Broomfield, Colorado. The workshop attracted nearly 750 leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are concerned with reducing disaster losses. Apart from presenting a paper on Evaluation of Nature based Solutions in Geohazards Mitigation on Mountain Elgon, he also used the opportunity to promote the AUDA-NEPAD Water CoEs and the ACEWATER III project, beyond Africa. The workshop was followed by the National Science Foundation-supported Researchers Meeting, 16-17 July. The ACEWATER III project co-funded this year’s workshop with the theme: The Next 50 Years: Charting a Course for the Hazards and Disaster Field.

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ACEWATER III enabling capacity building: Emerging scholars at the African Doctoral Academy Winter School, 7-28 July 2025, Stellenbosch University

12 delegates from four different AUDA-NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence are attending the Africa Doctoral Academy (ADA) Winter School. The Centres of Excellence include the University of Malawi, the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique, the University of Mauritius, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. The course durations were all one week, and taught online, hybrid, in-person, and taught by world-class experts in their respective fields. All courses include certification. Courses include:

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NUST Namibia continues collaborations with IGAD ICPAC: Short-term exchange to Nairobi, 7-11 July 2025

Mr. Muumbe Lweendo at NUST Namibia during a recent short-term exchange mobility to IGAD ICPAC (Climate Prediction & Applications Centre) in Nairobi. The mobility was intended to broaden Mr Lweendo and NUST Namibia’s understanding of Bayesian Networks and e-Nexus modelling and how it can be adapted for mitigation measures against Climate Change.

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Register Now! Short Course: University of Malawi – Hydro-climate Extremes Data Analysis Using R

Through the ACEWATER-III Project, implemented by Stellenbosch University (SU) along with 20 partner institutions in the AUDA-NEPAD Networks of Water Centres of Excellence and the EU delegation to South Africa, the University of Malawi and the Center for Resilient and Agri-Food Systems at the University of Malawi will offer a Graduate short course on “Hydro-climate Extremes Data Analysis Using R” to support learning and research in critical areas of resilient agri-food systems.

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