Risk Knowledge and Innovation

View resources on science and technology from the Africa region.

This section displays content created the partners participating in the Africa Network of Centres of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction. It serves as a knowledge hub of NoE members contributions and customized tools, services, products, and training to address disaster risks in Africa. We invite members to contribute their pieces of work to our platform.

Press release

12 July 2023

2023 RISK Award goes to an early warning system project in Africa

A project for a water resources early warning system in the Inkomati Basin, which is shared by South Africa with Mozambique and Eswatini, was announced today as the winner of the 2023 RISK Award.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Update

15 June 2023

ECOWAS supports early warnings for all with a new disaster operations centre

Today ECOWAS inaugurated its new Disaster Operations Centre in Abuja to strengthen regional coordination and improved data and information exchange among its Member States.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Feature

9 June 2023

Cyclone Freddy puts Mozambique’s early warning system to the test

Thanks to anticipatory action and investment in early warning efforts by the Government of Mozambique with support of the United Nations, the number of deaths and people displaced by Cyclone Freddy is lower than in past comparable cyclones.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

United Nations Mozambique

Update

11 May 2023

Early Warnings for All gains momentum in Kenya

Mami Mizutori, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR) recently made a visit to Nairobi, Kenya.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Update

13 March 2023

Launch of the DRR Network of Centers of Excellence in Africa

UNDRR gathered inter-governmental bodies, academia, practitioners, and scientists on 8 March 2023 to establish and launch the Africa Network of Centres of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction (NoE). 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Update

27 February 2023

Frequent flooding in African coastal cities demand holistic recovery pathways

Coastal cities in Africa experience extreme flood events annually. They substantially damaged houses, roads, communication infrastructure, motorways, and bridges. Furthermore, communities are at a high risk of water-borne diseases, particularly cholera.

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Documents and publications

1 January 2023

Systemic risk management and recovery pathways: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southern African Development Community

This report focuses on systemic risks and lessons for risk management and recovery in the Southern African Development Community.

Feature

21 November 2022

Early warnings for all of Africa

Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate-related disasters, and will benefit greatly from the UN Secretary-General's plan for Early Warnings for All. To cover all of the continent will take a huge effort, but the first steps have already been taken.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)