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Africa has the resources required to improve peoples’ lives, but any future prosperity will be unimaginable without constant access to clean water. Sivan Ya’ari, Founder & CEO of Innovation: Africa, discusses the importance of water in the changing climate and how a water-energy nexus through solar pumping systems can accelerate access to clean water, as […]
...What is the importance of water? “Water is life” is such a common expression that we use it almost as a cliché. However, that phrase is probably one of the most powerfully true messages the whole creation bears witness to. If, as we learn from geography, the earth is 2/3 water, and science says the […]
...There is a popular saying, “Water is Life,” which underscores the value of water as a key resource that every human being depends on for their livelihood. Clean Water Improves Health and Sanitation Standards When communities lack access to clean and safe water, a lot of health and sanitation-related challenges become prevalent in society. The […]
...Water is life. Human existence totally depends on it. Water relates to all aspects of human development, and remains the single greatest power to drive industrialization, health and gender equality across the continent. Access to clean water remains a challenge in parts of the continent, and have serious consequences for health and sanitation. Each part […]
...The race is on to realise the most fundamental of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ensuring that everyone has access to water, sanitation and hygiene services – by the 2030 deadline, says ForAfrika disaster response director Charles Wentzel. There are six years to go, and ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian development organisation, is doing […]
...Tyla is the first winner of the newly created Grammy Awards Best African Music Performance category, celebrating the best of African music. Water, which is Tyla’s entrance into the global music scene, took home the award at the 66th edition beating out Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra Starr, Musa Keys, among others. Cozy beginnings Tyla’s Water journey with Spotify started in July […]
...By Patricia Obozuwa – Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability, Africa at The Coca-Cola Company. The World Economic Forum ranks water crises as a top global risk. About 2.2 billion people across the globe lack access to safe drinking water. And the World Resources Institute projects that by 2030, there will be a 56% […]
...As the 30th driest country in the world, South Africa is expected to fall short of the amount of water needed to sustain it and us by 17% by 2030. In a bid to circumvent this by improving the accessibility of clean quality water for South Africans, Finish first partnered with the World Wide Fund for […]
...By James Sauramba Groundwater is invisible and yet its impact is visible everywhere – this infinite resource provides almost half of all drinking water worldwide. About 40% of water for irrigated agriculture and about 1/3 of water required for industry is from groundwater resources. Despite these impressive facts, groundwater remains invisible and less prominent compared to […]
...By Helen Hamilton This World Health Day, G20 finance ministers will meet in Rome, Italy, to discuss how they will build back from the pandemic. The global economy is and concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left […]
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