Mirriam Makungwe

Sintayehu A. Abebe from Ethiopia presents the Lake Tana Monitoring Dashboard during a 2025 Digital Innovations for a Water-Secure Africa (DIWASA) symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Lake Tana Monitoring Dashboard” showed how visualization enhances water-governance decisions in Ethiopia. Photo: IWMI Across Africa, water systems are changing faster than our ability to track and manage them.

By Giriraj Amarnath and Mirriam Makungwe Flood disasters have long plagued Zambia, leaving communities vulnerable to repeated displacements, crop destruction, waterborne diseases, and infrastructure damage. Since 2000, more than 20 flood events have affected approximately 3.9 million people across the country. The devastating floods of 2023, which impacted nine provinces and displaced over 25,768 households (154,608 people), serve as a stark reminder of the urgent need for effective solutions.

The Index-based flood insurance (IBFI) is one of the outputs of the research under the initiative on Diversification in East and South Africa (UU), Work Package two (WP2): Bundling climate insurance solutions focusing on a case study in districts in Southern part of Zambia.