🎓💧 Watch highlights of the Meet and Greet Event held on 22 October 2026 at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) for the second cohort of the SASSCAL Graduate Studies Programme in Integrated Water Resources Management (SGSP-IWRM). #SASSCAL #SGSPIWRM #NUST

The SASSCAL Botswana Node Office is conducting a five-day training programme on R Programming for Hydrometeorological Data Handling and Analysis for staff from the Department of Meteorological Services under Botswana's Ministry of Environment and Tourism.

🇿🇲 Happy 62nd Independence Day, Zambia! SASSCAL wishes the Government and people of Zambia a Happy 62nd Independence Day! As Zambia celebrates this special day, we wish the nation continued peace, unity, growth and prosperity. #ZambiaAt62 #ZambiaIndependenceDay #SASSCAL

🎓The 13 PhD students of the second cohort of the SGSP-IWRM arrived this week to begin their studies at the Namibia University of Science and Technology. Today, SASSCAL Executive Director, Prof. Nelago Indongo, and her team met with the students during a meet-and-greet session.

🎥 WATCH: SASSCAL 2.0 VRPE PROJECT IN ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 How is SASSCAL supporting innovation and technology development in Zambia? The project aims to create opportunities for African start-ups to grow by using data and technology to develop practical solutions to real-world challenges.

🇿🇦🤝Today, 20 October 2026, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation engaged with SASSCAL to discuss opportunities for strategic partnerships and collaboration in areas of mutual interest that support SASSCAL’s mandate.

💧On 15 October 2026, the SASSCAL Namibia Node Office hosted the 4th Round Table Discussion on Namibia’s National Water Reuse Strategy under the WaReNam project.

🌦️🇧🇼The SASSCAL Botswana Node is conducting a training programme in Gaborone, Botswana, from 20–23 October 2026, focusing on the maintenance and operation of Automatic Weather Stations in using Campbell Scientific software.

🏗️ SASSCAL HANDS OVER REGIONAL SECRETARIAT OFFICE FOR RENOVATION || SASSCAL, under the leadership of its Executive Director, Prof. Nelago Indongo, today signed an agreement and officially handed over its Regional Secretariat Office in Windhoek, Namibia, for renovation.

💧 NEW SASSCAL POLICY BRIEF Strengthening Water Security within the Iishana System, Namibia: Addressing Water Demand and Quality 📖 Click here to read the policy brief : sasscal.org/wp-content/uploa…

🎓🌍 Watch some of the highlights from the event marking the beginning of the new academic year for the first cohort of the SASSCAL Graduate Studies Programme in Agriculture, Food Security and Sustainable Land Management in Angola. The event took place on 12 October 2026 at UJES

Today, SASSCAL and Angola’s Instituto Superior Politécnico do Bié (ISP.BIÉ) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in science, technology and innovation. 🇦🇴🌱

🏗️The SASSCAL team, led by Executive Director Prof. Nelago Indongo, today visited the SASSCAL Centre of Excellence in Agriculture, Food Security and Sustainable Land Management in Huambo Province, Angola.

The SASSCAL Graduate Studies Programme in Agriculture, Food Security and Sustainable Land Management was officially opened on 12 October 2026 at the University of José Eduardo dos Santos, Faculty of Agriculture Campus in Angola 🇦🇴, marking the beginning of the new academic year.

📢SASSCAL is pleased to share a newly released SASSCAL 2.0 Policy Brief from the FoSRECs Project: 🌾 Developing Policy to Influence the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Northern Namibia 📥 Read and download the Policy Brief here: sasscal.org/wp-content/uploa…

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITIONS || SGSP-AFSLM at José Eduardo dos Santos University, Angola. 📋 More Information: 🔗 fcaujes.ao/estudante/edital Submit your application here: 🔗 umfrage.uni-kassel.de/index.… Deadline: 31 October 2026 at 11:59 PM (GMT+1)

🇿🇲The SASSCAL Executive Committee (EXCO), led by Prof. Nelago Indongo, Executive Director, engaged with Dr. Larry Mweetwa, SASSCAL Governing Board Member for Zambia, and Mr. John Lukonde Chongo, Alternate Governing Board Member for Zambia, on 8 October 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia.

🇿🇲 From 5–7 October 2026, the SASSCAL Executive Team, comprising Prof. Nelago Indongo, Dr. Budzanani Tacheba, and Mr. Clive Mulumba, together with Senior Officials from the SASSCAL Zambia Node Office, undertook strategic engagements with key Government Ministries in Zambia. 🤝🌍

Watch some of the highlights from the SASSCAL 2.0 Book Chapters Writing Retreat, currently underway in Lusaka, Zambia, from 5–9 October 2026. 🇿🇲 The retreat brings together authors and contributors to work collaboratively on finalising the SASSCAL 2.0 book chapters. ✍️📖🌍

📚 The SASSCAL 2.0 Book Chapters Writing Retreat is currently underway from 6–8 October 2026 in Lusaka. The retreat brings together authors and contributors from SASSCAL Member States to work together and finalise manuscripts for the SASSCAL 2.0 Book.