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AllAfrica News: Water and Sanitation- Africa: USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Seven New Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grantees May 24, 2013[USAID]Washington, D.C. -Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced seven new winners in the Agency's open competition for development ideas. These projects are co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID's Development Innovation Ventures WASH for Life Partnership - an initiative to support DIV gra […]
- Liberia: At LWSC - U.S.$125,000 West Point Water Project 'Consume' May 24, 2013[Heritage]The heads of three rights advocacy groups in the Township of West Point have said the Management of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has not re-lay or connected a single pipe for the supply of safe drinking water in West Point.
- Zimbabwe: Water Situation in Harare to Ease May 24, 2013[The Herald]POTABLE water supply to all parts of Harare is likely to stabilise in another 10 months once work on the first phase of the African Development Bank funded Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (UWSSRP) is complete, a senior council official has said.
- Zambia: East Minister Preaches Cleanliness May 24, 2013[Times of Zambia]EASTERN Province Minister Malozo Sichone has called on residents in the province to take responsibility in improving sanitation and hygiene.
- Namibia: Long-Term Plan to Tap Kavango River to Supply Windhoek May 24, 2013[Namibian]THE government has long-term plans to tap water from the Kavango River in the north eastern part of the country to the Van Bach Dam, which supplies the capital and economic hub, Windhoek.
- Nigeria: Borno Govt to Spend N300 Million On Construction of Maiduguri Water Works May 24, 2013[Vanguard]Maiduguri -The Borno State government is to spend about N300 million on the construction of the Maiduguri Water Works "C" in the Alamderi area of the state. The project which is expected to generate seven million litres of water per day would ease the problems of water scarcity in Bulumkutu and the environs.
- Nigeria: NIWA - the Task Before New MD Ciroma May 24, 2013[This Day]A lot is expected from the new Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Hajia Illa Maryam Ciroma, writes John Iwori, who has been following developments in the multi-billion naira federal government parastatal
- Uganda: Big Data to Drive Private Water Investment Projects May 24, 2013[CIO]Waterfund LLC and IBM today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the pioneering Water Cost Index (WCI).
- South Africa: Water Debt and Leaks Plague City Residents May 23, 2013[IPS]Cape Town -Nokuzola Bulana has a problem with leaks. The water that drips from the pipes of the toilet outside her home in Khayelitsha, a large semi-informal township on the fringes of Cape Town, South Africa goes to waste and drives up her water bill.
- Mozambique: Mozambique - Mining Resettlements Disrupt Food, Water May 23, 2013[HRW]Maputo -Many of the 1,429 households resettled to make way for Vale and Rio Tinto’s international coal mining operations in Tete province, Mozambique have faced serious disruptions in their access to food, water, and work, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Mozambican government’s speed in approving mining licenses and inviting bill […]
- Africa: USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Seven New Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grantees May 24, 2013
Inter Press Service » The Southern Africa Water Wire – IPS Inter Press Service News Agency Journalism and Communication for Global Change- Water Debt and Leaks Plague City Residents May 23, 2013Nokuzola Bulana has a problem with leaks. The water that drips from the pipes of the toilet outside her home in Khayelitsha, a large semi-informal township on the fringes of Cape Town, South Africa goes to waste and drives up her water bill. Bulana, a water activist, says she fixed the leaks in January but [...]Brendon Bosworth
- Growing Peas and Greens to Maximise Water Usage May 22, 2013Amid warnings that Kenya’s agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be considered as a vital tool to combat this. “In order to feed the nation, the country must explore agrobiodiversity, specifically (the growing of) vegetables and fruits, which ha […]Miriam Gathigah
- Kariba Dispossessed Still Waiting for Promised Better Life May 22, 2013Fifty seven thousand people were displaced on the Zambian and Zimbabwean sides of the Zambezi River to make way for the construction of the Kariba hydroelectric dam. Almost six decade later, they are still to be compensated for being moved from their homes.Garikai Chaunza
- How to Save a Fish … a Lake and a People May 20, 2013Lloyd Phiri, a fisherman from Senga Bay on Lake Malawi’s shores in Malawi’s central region, knows that the lake’s water levels are dropping. He can see it in his catch, which has shrunk by more than 80 percent in recent years. Years ago, it was the norm to catch about 5,000 fish a day, Phiri [...]Mabvuto Banda
- Villagers Become ‘Water Scavengers’ April 25, 2013For the last 13 years, Trynos Mbweku, the headman of Mwenezi district in southeastern Zimbabwe, has had to use a cart to fetch water from the only remaining borehole in his area, which lies some 10 kilometres from his home. For villagers in this district, which is about 160 km southwest of Masvingo, the capital [...]Jeffrey Moyo
- Mauritians Unprepared for Effects of Climate Change April 16, 2013Mauritius may be one of the best-prepared countries in the world when it comes to cyclones, but recent heavy rains and flooding due to climate change have brought the country’s readiness for coping with increased rainfall into question. Ecologist Keshwar Beeharry-Panray tells IPS that he expects the island to be affected by more floods, landslides [...]Nasseem Ackbarally
- Beitbridge Still Counting the Cost of Floods April 3, 2013The Beitbridge area in southern Zimbabwe was hit by serious flooding earlier this year. Those affected are still trying to get back on their feet.Ish Mafundikwa
- Water Debt and Leaks Plague City Residents May 23, 2013
Africa Water-Sector News & NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence » General Water Sector News from AfricaAfrica Water-Sector News & NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence- Africa: USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Seven New Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grantees May 24, 2013Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced seven new winners in the Agency’s open competition for development ideas. These projects are co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures WASH for Life Partnership – an initiative to support DIV grantees improving […]
- Liberia: At LWSC – U.S.$125,000 West Point Water Project ‘Consume’ May 24, 2013The heads of three rights advocacy groups in the Township of West Point have said the Management of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has not re-lay or connected a single pipe for the supply of safe drinking water in West Point. In a separate interview with this paper on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 [...]
- Uganda: Big Data to Drive Private Water Investment Projects May 24, 2013Waterfund LLC and IBM today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the pioneering Water Cost Index (WCI). Waterfund, with IBM acting as calculation agent, will work with the Ministry [...]
- Zimbabwe: Water Situation in Harare to Ease May 24, 2013POTABLE water supply to all parts of Harare is likely to stabilise in another 10 months once work on the first phase of the African Development Bank funded Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (UWSSRP) is complete, a senior council official has said. Town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi gave the assurance after he confirmed that [...]
- Zambia: East Minister Preaches Cleanliness May 24, 2013EASTERN Province Minister Malozo Sichone has called on residents in the province to take responsibility in improving sanitation and hygiene. Mr Sichone said during the launch of the Chipata general cleaning day held at PWD grounds yesterday that it was important to ensure the environment was clean. The minister, who joined in cleaning Umodzi Highway [...]
- VIDEO: EU Water Initiative: Perspectives of Implementing Partners May 24, 2013
- African development enjoying greater support from Japan May 23, 2013Japan is giving increasing attention to assisting the development of African countries. “Historically speaking, our aid to East Asia and South- East Asia has occupied a fairly large proportion of our efforts,” explains Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) President Dr Akihiko Tanaka. (Jica is Japan’s international development organisation.) “But, si […]
- Soil preparation enables sustainable dry crop sunflower farming in Limpopo May 23, 2013The careful preparation of clay-rich soils in Limpopo has enabled farmers to cultivate sunflowers without irrigation for the production of edible oil, enabling the sustainable growth of this crop in a water-scarce province, says global consumer goods company Unilever South Africa commodities procurement manager Ashton Eastman. About 35 farmers in the Mookgop […]
- South Africa: Water Debt and Leaks Plague City Residents May 23, 2013Cape Town — Nokuzola Bulana has a problem with leaks. The water that drips from the pipes of the toilet outside her home in Khayelitsha, a large semi-informal township on the fringes of Cape Town, South Africa goes to waste and drives up her water bill. Bulana, a water activist, says she fixed the leaks [...]
- Mozambique: Mozambique – Mining Resettlements Disrupt Food, Water May 23, 2013Photo: Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch Maputo — Many of the 1,429 households resettled to make way for Vale and Rio Tinto’s international coal mining operations in Tete province, Mozambique have faced serious disruptions in their access to food, water, and work, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Mozambican government’s speed in [...] […]
- Africa: USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Seven New Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grantees May 24, 2013
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