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The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved loans worth a total of US$132 million for projects in Senegal including the Diamniadio technology park, road upgrades and drinking water works. The lender has sanctioned a US$40.7 million loan for the digital technology park being constructed in the urban hub of Diamniadio. Located about 35km from …

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The project will address the effects of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

West African Development Bank has agreed a US$40.7 million loan.

Disaster response needs to move from reactive to proactive if we are going to adapt to climate change. The post The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Inadequate infrastructure, together with the rural and poor populations, makes Zambia highly vulnerable to droughts, according to the UN. But the drought monitoring system developed by IWMI helps to better prepare the country to cope with the impacts of drought. The post Prolonged droughts: Need for water harvesting first appeared on International Water Management Institute …

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Project will improve water supply and sanitation services for pastoral communities.

IWMI’s Tushaar Shah comments on the rapid spread of solar pumps among rural communities in many water-starved regions, including India. The post How a solar revolution in farming is depleting world’s groundwater first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Biggest deal signed for Marginal da Corimba development. 

Progress made on five-star Awka hotel and industrial city.

Infrastructure spending budgeted at US$49.2 billion over next three years.