Connecting Farms to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Why Agricultural transformation needs Must Drive African Resource Planning Models
Connecting Farms to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Why Agricultural transformation needs Must Drive African Resource Planning Models At the heart of Africaโs development challenge lies a silent but powerful oversight: the farm, the very unit where food is grown and livelihoods are forged, remains largely invisible in the grand equations of national resource planning. The Water-Energy-Food […]
EPIC Talks: Climate Action, WEF Nexus, and Governance in East Africa
EPIC Talks: Climate Action, WEF Nexus, and Governance in East Africa EPIC Talks: Climate Action, WEF Nexus, and Governance in East Africa On 4 May 2026, EPIC Africa Research Network (EARN) hosted a webinar on water-energy-food (WEF) nexus governance and climate action in East Africa. The session brought together participants from across Africa and Europe […]
EPIC TALKS | Nexus Governance and Policy Coherence
EPIC Talks: Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Creation in CLEWs Nexus Research ๐ 4 May 2026 | 1:30โ2:30 PM GMT (3:30-4:30 PM CEST) Water, energy, and land resources cannot be managed in silos anymore. Climate targets and immediate development needs don’t always align, and that tension can slow progress on both if not properly managed. In this […]
EPIC Talks: Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Creation in CLEWs Nexus Research
EPIC Talks: Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Creation in CLEWs Nexus Research On 30 March 2026, EPIC Africa hosted a webinar on stakeholder engagement and co-creation in CLEWs nexus research. The session brought together 50 participants from 7 countries to explore how integrated modelling and inclusive stakeholder processes can support climate-resilient development planning. Two speakers led the […]
From Data Scarcity to Climate Resilience: Advancing Earth Observation in Hard-to-Reach Environments at #EGU26
From Data Scarcity to Climate Resilience: Advancing Earth Observation in Hard-to-Reach Environments at #EGU26 This week at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026, researchers, engineers, and Earth observation experts came together to address one of the most urgent challenges in climate resilience: improving environmental observations in regions where climate risks are rising fastest, but […]
Unlocking Blue Storage for Green Electricity: A Nexus-Based Evaluation of Pumped Hydro Potential for Grid-Scale Storage in Kenya
Unlocking Blue Storage for Green Electricity: A Nexus-Based Evaluation of Pumped Hydro Potential for Grid-Scale Storage in Kenya Blog by Edo Abraham, Derya Sadak, and Eunice Pereira Ramos, Department of Water Management, Delft University of Technology As countries in Africa accelerate the development of their renewable energy systems to meet access targets and developmental needs […]
Co-Creating Sustainable Futures: Insights from the Second Transition Space Meetings in Nairobi and Accra
Co-Creating Sustainable Futures: Insights from the Second Transition Space Meetings in Nairobi and Accra The EPIC Africa project recently convened its second Transition Space meetings in Nairobi, Kenya (February 2025) for the Tana River Basin and in Accra, Ghana (March 2025) for the Volta River Basin, bringing together diverse stakeholders to collaboratively envision sustainable pathways […]
The EPIC Africa Summer School (2nd Cohort)
The EPIC Africa Summer School (2nd cohort) Applications Now Open!The EPIC Summer School returns with a three-week training on systems modelling of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus using the CLEWs framework. Hosted by UENR in partnership with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology, and VITO, the programme aims to build modelling capacity among […]
Closing the Loop: The Lens of Green Economy through the WEF Nexus
Closing the Loop: The Lens of Green Economy through the WEF Nexus Join the EPIC Africa Research Network (EARN) for the next instalment of our EPIC Talks seriesโan insightful dialogue that explores sustainability, circular economy, and innovation through the integrated lens of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. ๐ Guest Speakers๐น Prof. Dr. C. Ing. Osvaldo Romero […]
The EPIC Africa Summer School
The EPIC Africa Summer School ๐ข ๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐The first-ever EPIC Africa Summer School is set to launch on July 2nd, running through to July 12th, 2024, at the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani, Ghana.This event is aimed at fostering local expertise […]