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In 2024, the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa and Africa Coordination Unit’s (GWPSA-Africa’s) work has been grounded in our core mission: to improve water security, catalyse climate-resilient water investments, and support sustainable development. Our 2024 annual report captures the progress made within the Southern African region, as well as across the continent in 2024. Our achievements reflect the successful alignment of programme implementation with GWPSA’s strategic goals.
Through the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP), GWPSA supported the preparation and rollout of transformative climate-resilient water investment initiatives. GWPSA has also continued to drive learning and knowledge sharing, and stakeholder engagement has remained central to our approach.
Read more about GWPSA-Africa’s operations in the year 2024 in our 2024 Annual Report.
In 2023, the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) made significant strides across multiple programmes, strengthening water security, climate resilience, and transboundary cooperation across the continent. Through high-level engagements and strategic partnerships, GWPSA played a central role in mobilising investments and advancing policies to address Africa’s pressing water challenges. The launch of the Africa Water Investment Action Plan at COP28 and the release of the Africa’s Rising Investment Tide report during the UN 2023 Water Conference marked key milestones in driving sustainable financing for water and sanitation.
Transboundary water cooperation remained a corner stone of GWPSA’s work, with notable achievements in the Buzi, Pungwe, and Save (BUPUSA) river basins. The signing of key agreements between Mozambique and Zimbabwe led to the establishment of the BUPUSA Watercourses Commission, enhancing regional water governance. Additionally, efforts to improve flood fore casting, early warning systems, and drought resilience strengthened preparedness against climate-related disasters.
The support extended to the Limpopo River Basin further demonstrated GWPSA’s commitment to sustainable land and water management in trans boundary systems. Climate-resilient development gained momentum with the launch of Zambia’s National Adaptation Plan and the development of financing strategies for climate action in Eswatini. GWPSA’s designation as an official Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivery partner underscored its growing role in mobilising resources for climate-resil ient water investments across the Southern African De velopment Community (SADC) region. Community-level interventions, such as the Water-Energy-Food Nexus demonstration project in Malawi and Zambia, show cased tangible solutions for addressing water security challenges at the grassroots level.
Furthermore, GWPSA contributed to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 through capac ity-building and policy support. Collaboration with the UNEP-DHI Centre, UNDP Cap-Net, and SADC Secretariat facilitated integrated water resources management (IWRM) assessments in multiple countries, reinforcing data-driven decision-making. The deployment of WASH boxes at critical border posts in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania highlighted GWPSA’s responsive ness to public health and sanitation needs in the wake of COVID-19
Read more about GWPSA-Africa’s operations in the year 2023 in our 2023 Annual Report.
