GWPSA in Action is the annual report of the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa, presenting the progress, challenges, and status of the Partnership from around the Southern Africa region.
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2025 GWPSA Annual Report
The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) Annual Report 2025 reflects a year of delivery, institutional consolidation, and growing impact across Southern Africa and the wider African continent. Building on the momentum generated through the organisation’s 25th anniversary and guided by the 2020–2025 Global Water Partnership Strategy, GWPSA continued to translate strategic ambition into tangible results that strengthen water security, climate resilience, and sustainable development.
Throughout the year, GWPSA worked closely with governments, regional institutions, development partners, river basin organisations, and local stakeholders to advance innovative solutions to the region’s water and climate challenges. The report highlights key achievements in project preparation and investment mobilisation, climate resilience programming, transboundary water cooperation, knowledge management, and institutional strengthening. These efforts have contributed to improving access to finance, strengthening water governance systems, and enhancing the capacity of countries and communities to respond to climate-related risks.
The progress documented in this report is the result of strong partnerships, dedicated leadership, and the commitment of the GWPSA Secretariat and its network of partners. As the organisation moves beyond its 25-year milestone, its focus remains firmly on scaling impact, strengthening systems, and accelerating investments that deliver lasting benefits for people, ecosystems, and economies. The achievements presented in this report demonstrate GWPSA’s continued commitment to advancing water-secure and climate-resilient development across Southern Africa and the African continent.
2024 GWPSA Annual Report
In 2024, the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa and Africa Coordination Unit’s (GWPSA-Africa’s) work has been grounded in our core mission: to improve water security, catalyse climate-resilient water investments, and support sustainable development. Our 2024 annual report captures the progress made within the Southern African region, as well as across the continent in 2024. Our achievements reflect the successful alignment of programme implementation with GWPSA’s strategic goals.
Through the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP), GWPSA supported the preparation and rollout of transformative climate-resilient water investment initiatives. GWPSA has also continued to drive learning and knowledge sharing, and stakeholder engagement has remained central to our approach.
2023 GWPSA Annual Report
In 2023, the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) made significant strides across multiple programmes, strengthening water security, climate resilience, and transboundary cooperation across the continent. Through high-level engagements and strategic partnerships, GWPSA played a central role in mobilising investments and advancing policies to address Africa’s pressing water challenges. The launch of the Africa Water Investment Action Plan at COP28 and the release of the Africa’s Rising Investment Tide report during the UN 2023 Water Conference marked key milestones in driving sustainable financing for water and sanitation.
Transboundary water cooperation remained a corner stone of GWPSA’s work, with notable achievements in the Buzi, Pungwe, and Save (BUPUSA) river basins. The signing of key agreements between Mozambique and Zimbabwe led to the establishment of the BUPUSA Watercourses Commission, enhancing regional water governance. Additionally, efforts to improve flood fore casting, early warning systems, and drought resilience strengthened preparedness against climate-related disasters.
The support extended to the Limpopo River Basin further demonstrated GWPSA’s commitment to sustainable land and water management in trans boundary systems. Climate-resilient development gained momentum with the launch of Zambia’s National Adaptation Plan and the development of financing strategies for climate action in Eswatini. GWPSA’s designation as an official Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivery partner underscored its growing role in mobilising resources for climate-resil ient water investments across the Southern African De velopment Community (SADC) region. Community-level interventions, such as the Water-Energy-Food Nexus demonstration project in Malawi and Zambia, show cased tangible solutions for addressing water security challenges at the grassroots level.
Furthermore, GWPSA contributed to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 through capac ity-building and policy support. Collaboration with the UNEP-DHI Centre, UNDP Cap-Net, and SADC Secretariat facilitated integrated water resources management (IWRM) assessments in multiple countries, reinforcing data-driven decision-making. The deployment of WASH boxes at critical border posts in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania highlighted GWPSA’s responsive ness to public health and sanitation needs in the wake of COVID-19
2022 GWPSA Annual Report
2020 GWPSA Annual Report
2019 GWPSA Annual Report
2018 GWPSA Annual Report
