Noticias sobre Zambia
World Bank approves $300 million credit to expand access to water supply, sanitation in Tanzania
Up to 10 million Tanzanian citizens will gain access to improved water supply and nine million to better sanitation facilities through additional financing approved today by the World Bank.
Tropical wetlands emit more methane than previously thought
Since 2007, the world's atmospheric methane concentration has risen at an accelerated rate, but scientists aren't exactly sure why.
How irrigation scaling partnerships are boosting farmers’ resilience and livelihoods
By Thai Thi Minh, Senior Researcher – Innovation Scaling, IWMI.
Stakeholders Identify Financing as Major Constraint in Malawi’s Quest to Meet Water 2030 Targets
Development partners in the Water and Sanitation sector in Malawi have bemoaned the financial gap that is hampering access to clean water.
The Convention on Wetlands appoints Dr Musonda Mumba as Secretary General
The Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands has appointed Dr Musonda Mumba as the new Secretary General of the Convention. Dr Mumba will be the seventh Secretary General, succeeding Ms Martha Rojas Urrego who has served the Convention for the past six years.
Multi-billion Zambia Water Investment Programme is launched
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema officiated the inauguration of the Zambia Water Investment Programme, an almost US$6 billion program, with an aim to benefit hundreds of…
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.
How new guidelines pave the path to better sanitation in Africa
This week’s World Water Forum, taking place in Dakar, Senegal, is a timely reminder of how the world is slipping behind its commitment to achieve universal access to safe sanitation by 2030.
Helmsley Charitable Trust launch program to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in Ghana
WaterAid and The Leona M.
“Managing water variability is becoming one of the key development challenges facing Africa”
The African Development Bank provides concessional funding for various projects and programs to reduce poverty and economic and social development in the least developed African countries.
Osward Mulenga Chanda appointed Director of the AFDB’s Water and Sanitation Department
Mr. Chanda brings nearly 30 years’ work experience in policy dialogue and investment programming.
SADC learning valuable lessons on sustainable groundwater management
The growing rate of groundwater extraction in southern Africa is unsustainable, and the region needs to learn quickly from the valuable research and practical interventions currently underway.
WaterAid and Helmsley Charitable Trust bring clean water to Zambian health centers
On World Patient Safety Day, WaterAid and The Leona M.
Desalytics expands to Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe
We help customers improve their processes, deliver results and most importantly provide safe water and treated effluent for the communities they serve
Zambia: EIB & KfW welcome progress in Lusaka sanitation project to double network access
Upgrading sanitation key to improve public health and COVID protection First financing for EUR 262 million scheme disbursed by EIB and KfW Team Europe partners welcome scheme’s…
Water risk: what COVID-19 has taught us about ignoring systemic risks and what to do about it
Over the past year, COVID-19 has fundamentally re-shaped our global economy, social ties and the environment.
African Development Bank’s climate resilient project in Zambia wins water change maker award
A climate resilient project in Zambia supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB.org) and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has won the Water ChangeMaker People’s Choice Award-Africa.
Ageing water storage infrastructure: An emerging global risk
By 2050, most of humanity will live downstream of large dams built in the 20th century Increasingly expensive to maintain, experts foresee a trend to decommissioning dams
Installing piped water near homes promotes gender equality in Zambia
New Stanford research finds installing piped water in rural Zambian homes frees up time in the daily lives of women and girls, while also promoting economic growth and food security – making an argument for piped water infrastructure investments across rural, low-income areas.
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.