Africa

The Regional Section establishes and maintains contacts with African institutions and companies, participates in trade fairs and organises trips and conferences to facilitate the initiation of business by German companies and institutions in the water sector in Africa.

An important pillar of the Regional Section is GAPWAS – German-African Partnership for Water and Sanitation, the Chamber and Association Partnership with the African Water and Sanitation Association (AfWASA). The partnership project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is currently in its third year. Within the framework of GAPWAS, our members receive numerous opportunities for networking with the most important operators in sub-Saharan Africa or offers to conduct technical training.

In addition, there is the PartnerAfrica project, under which GWP and AfWASA are establishing the African Water and Sanitation Academy (AWASA) in Kampala, Uganda.

Our latest format “Ask the Experts” promotes the German-African exchange of expertise in the water and sanitation sector and offers speakers unique access to the professional audience of the target markets.

The current focus countries of the Regional Section are: Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Uganda and South Africa. In principle, we conduct activities throughout sub-Saharan Africa and tailor our focus to the interests of the membership.

Events

News & Information

Urban Water Resilience – A Global Challenge

The BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues 2024 focused “Reshaping Our Cities – Urban Water Resilience” and attracted almost 700 registered participants from 73 countries.

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Ask the Experts: Water Reuse Unlocked

Once again, the 10th edition of the expert exchange format ‘Ask the Experts’ attracted numerous participants from Africa and Germany.

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German-African Business Summit 2024 in Nairobi: Strengthening German-African Economic Relations

GWP joined the 5th German-African Business Summit (GABS), promoting technology exchange and trust in sustainable “Made in Germany” solutions.

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Water Security in Africa (WASA) research programme main phase kicks off in Stellenbosch, 25-27 September 2024

The research programme convenes more than 100 researchers from Southern Africa and Germany for its kick-off conference.

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