West Africa

The long-time partnership between GWP and AfWA has been particularly
deepened through the implementation of our joint project, the German African
Partnership for Water and Sanitation (GAPWAS), in 2019.
Through a knowledge transfer between German and African experts and the
presentation of innovative technologies, this session aims at identifying solution
strategies that can contribute to better management of storm water events in
West Africa.
With climate change, the challenge of storm water management has become a

The Great Green Wall (GGW) project is one of the largest projects to combat desertification initiated and carried out by Africa, in particular by the Sahelo-Saharan States. This project aims to unite the Sahelian States around the issues of combating desertification and adapting to climate change in a logic of sustainable economic development.
The project aims by 2030 to :
- Restore 100 million hectares of degraded land
- Create 10 million green jobs
- Sequester 250 million tons of carbon