At a recent workshop, CRIDF brought together diverse voices from across Zambia’s gender and water sectors to share experiences with tools and approaches that enhance women’s ability to access, control and make better use of the country’s water resources. Held in Lusaka on 4–5 March, the workshop was jointly coordinated with Zambia’s Ministry of Water…
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Delivering inclusive, gender-sensitive water infrastructure
On International Women’s Day we reflect on CRIDF’s approach to gender equality and our efforts to address gender and social inclusion through water infrastructure projects. The approach is delivering results across Southern Africa – not only for women and girls but for entire communities and the wider water sector. The campaign theme for this year’s…
New fund targets long-term protection of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) has supported the launch of a new fund to strengthen ecosystem resilience and improve livelihoods in the Cubango-Okavango river basin – a major water system stretching across Angola, Botswana and Namibia.
Ensuring clean water and sanitation for all
In an effort to enhance the delivery of clean water to under-served rural areas, CRIDF recently presented proposals regarding a sustainable pro-poor water supply regulation strategy to attendees at the 12th Annual Conference of the Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation (ESAWAS) Regulators Association. ESAWAS is a network of regulators from the Southern African…
Stepping Up at the Fourth Africa Climate Resilience Investment Summit
ACRIS IV, the Fourth Africa Climate Resilience Investment Summit, unfolded from 5 to 7 March 2019 in Johannesburg. Under the banner “Stepping Up Climate Action in Africa”, a series of high-level expert panels brought voices from governments, civil society, international financial organisations and the private sector together to showcase priority areas of climate resilient investments.…
Climate-proofing water and energy supplies in the Zambezi River Basin
In May 2019, UK Aid representatives visited Livingstone, Zambia, where CRIDF is helping the Southern Water & Sewerage Co. (SWSCO) prepare a feasibility study as part of an application to the Green Climate Fund to climate-proof the city’s water supply and sanitation network. Livingstone is especially vulnerable to climate change due to reductions in the…
Bridging the gap in Zambia’s water network
The town of Kazungula, Zambia, located at a convergence with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia, is poorly serviced by water infrastructure. Yet its proximity to the world-class tourist attraction of Victoria Falls and the impending replacement of the ferry with the Kazungula Bridge means that expansion of existing services is urgently needed. This is especially critical…