The Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (NMGS) and Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) have awarded Prof. Moshood Tijani, Dr Kirsty Upton, Brighid O‘Dochartaigh and Imogen Bellwood-Howard their 2020 Okezie Prize for ‘Africa Groundwater Atlas: Hydrogeology of Nigeria’. . The NMGS/NGSA/OKEZIE…
Read More Africa Groundwater Atlas for Nigeria wins prestigious national award
(photo: Brighid O'Dochartaigh, BGS @beodoch) Yesterday, delegates at the IAH 2019 Congress, in Malaga, took part in an official Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, led by BGS. This is an event where people get together to edit Wikipedia - often focused on a…
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The Africa Groundwater Atlas has released digital, GIS-enabled, national-scale hydrogeology maps for 38 African countries, which are freely available to download. The online, open-access Africa Groundwater Atlas was launched in 2016. It brings together groundwater information from many sources and…
Read More Download digital country hydrogeology maps of Africa from the Africa Groundwater Atlas
On 6 September, the Swiss Water Partnership organised a learning event for partners on "Assessment of Surface and Groundwater" featuring a variety of talks and discussions relating to both domestic water resources and in development cooperation contexts. The event was hosted…
Over the last year, the UPGro Knowledge Broker and RWSN team has been on tour promoting the potential of Africa's groundwater as a catalyst for tackling poverty and the practical challenges of improving scientific understand and professionalism of implementation. These…
By Sean Furey, Skat Foundation/RWSN/UPGro Where does wealth come from? At its most basic, it is the difference between how much you invest in a product or service and how much you get from selling it. If the difference is…
Dear colleagues / Chers/Chères collègues (texte en français ci-dessous) Some of you may already have seen and used the Africa Groundwater Atlas. This is a new online resource with groundwater information for all African countries. It is linked to the…
Read More Africa Groundwater Atlas – your opinion / votre avis
Drilling for water is a fraught business in Africa – like being a pirate without a treasure map. In many areas, the rock is old – some of the oldest on our planet. This cracked, shattered stone that is blasted…
Read More Africa Groundwater Atlas: “X” marks the spot, but where’s the map? #60IAH2016
Forer pour trouver de l'eau est une entreprise très incertaine en Afrique – un peu comme être pirate sans avoir de carte au trésor. Dans beaucoup de régions, les roches sont très anciennes, parmi les plus vieilles de la planète.…
Many UPGro researchers will be assembling in Montpellier, France for the 43rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). If you are going, looking out for the following presentations (the abstract links won't work until after 25 September). You…
UPGro - African Groundwater 2020 