Noticias sobre Mauritius
Unsafe drinking water: mirror and magnifier of inequality in developing nations, finds UN report
A new UN University study of 138 countries finds that water insecurity, poverty and gender inequality overlap in 61% of developing nations, affecting an estimated 2 billion people — with 30% trapped in all three.
AFDB appoints Aida Ndir Ngom as Director of the Private Sector Development Department
A Senegalese national, Ngom is a seasoned development finance banker with more than 20 years of experience in private sector origination and development, investment banking, and corporate and project finance.
Decentralised solutions: the answer to South Africa’s water crisis
South Africa is currently facing the perfect storm of a failing water supply.
“The main impact of Pipebots is water utilities will move on to proactive pipe network management”
Non-revenue water (NRW) is water that is produced but is lost before it reaches the customer and is a persistent problem in worldwide municipal water systems.
UN: 500 million live in 19 African nations deemed water insecure
Despite global Sustainable Development Goals and commitments made in 2015, just 29 African nations have made some progress over the past three to five years, 25 have made none, according to the UN's first-ever assessment of water security in Africa.
World Bank approves $150 million fund to expand water access in Mozambique
The World Bank approved a $150 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* in support of the Government of Mozambique’s Rural and Small Towns Water Security Project, which aims at increasing access to improved water supply and sanitation services in selected small towns and rural areas of Nampula and Zambezia provinces in northern Mozambique.
Watericon wins tender for telemetric containerised water filtration systems
Watericon, a South African-based water treatment solutions company, recently completed the assembly of containerised water filtration systems destined for Mauritius– less than five months after it won the tender to do so.
SADC Water and Energy Ministers approves the SADC WEF-Nexus Governance Framework
The SADC Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Governance Framework, that was developed by SADC with technical assistance from GWPSA, was approved in a joint meeting held by the Ministers responsible for Energy and Water from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on the 30th October 2020 through video conferencing, hosted by the Republic of Mozambique.
World Bank injects $130M in support of recovery efforts in cyclone affected communities
The World Bank has approved an equivalent of $130 million in grants from the Crisis Response Window of the International Development Association (IDA) in support of the government of Mozambique’s Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project.
responsAbility acquires 26% interest in Renewable Energy Holdings
A responsAbility-managed energy holding company has acquired a 26% interest in Renewable Energy Holdings (Pty) Ltd (REH), a leading South African based developer, owner and operator of run-of-river hydropower projects in Southern Africa.
Isotopes help trace the origin of urban water pollution in Mauritius
Agricultural activities, illegal sewage disposal and animal breeding could be among the sources of nitrogen pollution in urban waterways around Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, according to preliminary findings of an IAEA-supported study using isotopic techniques.
African Development Bank calls for urgent global response as second cyclone hits Southern Africa
The African Development Bank has called for urgent global action in the wake of a second cyclone to hit the southern Africa coastal region in six weeks.
Jacobs and partners to support water resilience in India
Jacobs has been engaged by Singapore Cooperation Enterprise to deliver engineering consultancy services focused on building sustainable urban water management, recycle and re-use capabilities in India.