Digital Innovations for Water Secure Africa (DIWASA)

The project aims to enhance water security across scales in Africa through improved water data availability, accessibility, and institutional capacity and to leverage on innovative digital techniques for sustainable water resources management. It is structured as four pillars with user engagement and capacity development (Pillar 2) taking the bulk of the project budget. Within Pillar 1, the data products and tools developed under Phase I will be further enhanced and, more importantly, user application cases (use cases) developed together with end users.

Pillar 2 will involve activities that will help integrate the data layers and products into DEA and other ODC platforms. A fully dedicated Pillar 3 is included in the project to strengthen the integration of the datasets and tools in the Digital Earth Africa platform. Under Pillar 4, the prototype of river basin Digital Twin (for the Limpopo basin) will be developed to demonstrate the use of advanced technology in water resources decision-making.