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    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    August 10, 2026

    WRI's ProTana Project Starts First Seedling Planting Across Four Watersheds in Ethiopia

    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Planting seedlings in Ethiopia
    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 24, 2026

    Solar Brings Long-Awaited Water to Ethiopian Farmers

    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Solutions in Focus
    Farmers harvesting crops.
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Solutions in Focus
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    December 15, 2025

    How Green Jobs in Dire Dawa Benefit Women and the Environment

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Women work with tree seedlings in a greenhouse.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    November 4, 2025

    Why Once-Scarce Water Is Coming Back in North Mecha, Ethiopia

    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    A group of people working the land.
    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    August 22, 2025

    Trees Revitalize Farms and Fisheries in Africa’s Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    People in canoe.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    July 30, 2025

    New Tool Helps Cities Select and Scale Nature-Based Solutions

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    River alongside city.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    June 18, 2025

    Johannesburg to Restore Urban Rivers Using Lessons from Durban

    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater
    Meeting in a room.
    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    May 29, 2025

    Ethiopia Invests Big in Restoring Degraded Land

    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • food security
    • climate impacts
    • climate finance
    People in southern Ethiopia taking part in a tree planting initiative.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • food security
    • climate impacts
    • climate finance
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    March 12, 2025

    3 African Cities Restore Nature to Revitalize Their Rivers

    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Solutions in Focus
    Man carrying tree for planting.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    September 9, 2024

    Greening the Jukskei River: Scaling Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    A group of people removes trash from a river.
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People load a truck with their belongings after heavy rainfall caused floods in Kenya.
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Kenya’s Farmers Restore Lands — and Hope — After Floods

    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Kenyan farmers harvest avocados
    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    May 21, 2024

    RELEASE: Canada Awards Over CAD$28 Million to Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in African Cities

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    April 26, 2024

    New Platform Will Promote Integrated Water Management in Ethiopia's Amhara Region

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • nature-based solutions
    Blue Bile Region
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • nature-based solutions
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    March 22, 2023

    South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Development
    Aerial view of Johannesburg
    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Development
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Business
    Africa
    Update
    November 29, 2022

    P4G’s Partnership of the Year Demonstrates the Power of Rural Electrification Through Hydro Plants

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • power plants
    A river flows through Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • power plants
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    November 14, 2022

    RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

    • COP27
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • COP27
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience