AMU-AWTI DIGITWATER Project wins €79,131.64 (9.90%) grant of the total grant €799,619.36 made ready for Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS+) call of ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CBHE for the proposal entitled “Transforming Academia - Embracing Digital Water Education in Africa” competing among 10 European, African and Turkish universities and others. The project is aimed to drive digital innovation, gender equality, and sustainable water management across Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative will be funded by the European Commission and led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and the project brings together a consortium of 10 institutions from Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Morocco, and Palestine. Click here to see more photos.
The project key objectives include modernizing water education via digital tools, fostering gender equality, interdisciplinary collaboration, and industry-aligned curricula and strengthening institutional capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project will also establish new academic and research networks in water resources across partner countries, support student mobility, and foster partnerships with key stakeholders in the water sector.
The project team from AMU-AWTI includes Demelash Wondimagegnehu (PhD), Samuel Dagalo (PhD), and Mekuanent Muluneh. Demelash Wondimagegnehu (PhD), Project Coordinator (PI), emphasized that the DIGITWATER project aims to improve the quality of higher education and research in water management by promoting cutting-edge digital technologies like telepresence, cloud computing, IoT, remote sensing, and environmental programming. The initiative will upgrade the existing eMWRE e-learning platform, launch a joint virtual semester, and develop MOOCs, integrate projects and co-supervise MSc theses and foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and intercultural dialogue among partner institutions, he noted.
Tamiru Tessema (PhD), AWTI’s Scientific Director, hailed the achievement as a testament to AMU-AWTI’s growing research excellence and called for sustained momentum. This grant is a significant milestone, but it is only the beginning, he underscored. He confirmed that AMU stands ready to support high-impact projects that expand this research footprint and societal relevance. Urging all faculty members to seize this moment and work together to drive innovation, secure more collaborative grants, and elevate the institute’s global standing, he said, as an institute, with over 180 academic staff members, they have set a goal to engage at least 30% or more of the staff in meaningful research, community service, and project initiatives and assured simultaneously that AWTI remains fully supportive of all staff committed to research, innovation, collaboration, and service to society.
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