The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) is proud to announce that its affiliated staff member, Dr. Adey Feleke Desta, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award. This international accolade recognizes Dr. Adey’s groundbreaking and innovative contributions to safeguarding water environments…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — September 16, 2025 – The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) at Addis Ababa University, in collaboration with the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)-Ethiopia…

The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management is seeking to recruit a post-doctoral fellow for a period of up to twelve months for the project “Doctoral Alliance for Climate Adaptation”. This research project, funded by the Fonds Expertise France, involves a consortium of 10 institutes across East and the Horn of Africa. The consortium is dedicated to post-graduate training and solution-oriented research on Climate Adaptation, focusing on Priority Adaptation and Innovation Areas (« ZAPIs »). The Genale Basin has been selected as the Highland ZAPI for this fellowship.

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Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM), Addis Ababa University, NORHED II Project And International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)-Ethiopia Chapter

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The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Resources Management (ACEWM), hosted by Addis Ababa University, is a joint initiative of the Ethiopian Government and World Bank Group. As Ethiopia’s first AQAS-accredited center, we develop water professionals through interdisciplinary programs. Since 2016, ACEWM has trained scholars from Africa and Europe with global academic partnerships.