At the 2026 Stockholm World Water Week, global water experts convened to tackle a critical bottleneck in Africa’s climate resilience: the groundwater data gap. By shifting focus toward conjunctive water management and sustainable data collection, development practitioners are mapping a pathway to turn ambitious transboundary goals into incremental, life-saving gains.…
Across Benin, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda, young people are playing a central role in strengthening community engagement around groundwater and climate resilience through the GEF-funded Groundwater for aDvancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR) project. Through its Youth Ambassador programme, G4DR is supporting young people to raise awareness, engage communities, share…
Groundwater is an increasingly important resource in the Mono Basin, shared by Benin and Togo, but limited monitoring infrastructure and gaps in cross-border data sharing have made it difficult to develop a shared understanding of the resource. Through the GEF-funded Groundwater for aDvancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR) project and the…
Groundwater is Africa’s hidden lifeline, but managing it equitably requires real-world data and hydro-diplomacy. This feature story follows the work of the G4DR project in piloting a transboundary groundwater monitoring network in two aquifer systems – which could provide a blueprint for rural water security across the continent. When the…
The Groundwater for Advancing Resilience (G4DR) in Africa project activities have now taken off in Uganda, where one of the project’s case study areas is located in the Upper Nile Water Management Zone (UNMZ). The national launch and subsequent stakeholder engagement in the Upper Nile Water Management Zone mark the…
Les travaux du projet Groundwater for aDvancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR) dans le bassin du Mono ont progressé au cours de l’année, depuis la planification de l’hydrorecensement, sa mise en œuvre au Togo et au Bénin, les évaluations liées au genre, jusqu’à la conception du réseau de surveillance des eaux…
By Alinet Mkupatira Validating monitoring design to facilitate collaborative transboundary aquifer monitoring The Groundwater for aDvancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR) project continues to move forward with its activities in the Shire River Basin to help enhance groundwater management and monitoring in the basin. Following the completion of the Shire River…
What if countries facing the same groundwater challenges could learn from one another? That simple yet powerful question gave birth to the Community of Practice (CoP), a key activity under sub-component 3.4 of the G4DR project, designed to strengthen people’s resilience through better groundwater management. This CoP is led by…
by Cebolenkosi Zuma & Dr. Callist Tindimugaya From the imposing hallways of Kenneth Kaunda International Conference Centre’s new block during the 3rd African Implementation and Partnership Conference, PANAFCON-3, which took place from 27 to 29 May 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia, the momentum around the Strategic Programme on Groundwater for Water…
Groundwater, often described as the “invisible lifeline,” plays a critical role in addressing water scarcity and strengthening adaptation to climate change. While we can see rivers and lakes, we do not often think about the vast reserves of water that support homes and provide reliable irrigation hidden beneath our feet.…
