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.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) at Addis Ababa University proudly announces the successful PhD dissertation defense of Mr. Getahun Kebede Mengistie. His dissertation, titled “Leveraging the Power of Citizen Science for Enhanced Hydrological Modeling of Urbanizing…

The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) at Addis Ababa University proudly announces the successful defense of PhD dissertation by its candidate, Tesfaye Muluye Workie. Tesfaye’s research, titled “Ecotoxicological Assessment and Biomonitoring Tool Development for the Awash River, Ethiopia: Integrating…

The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) proudly announces the successful PhD dissertation defense of Haile Belay, whose research offers vital insights into flood dynamics in Ethiopia’s Upper Blue Nile Basin. Haile’s dissertation, titled “Evaluation of the Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover and…

In a significant academic milestone, Flipos Engdaw Woldeab, a PhD candidate at the Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM), successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Land Use/Land Cover Change, Water Quality and Plankton Community Structure in the Northern Gulf of Lake Tana, Ethiopia…