IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (2025) Government website / press release

SEWAA Project Expands to Uganda and Rwanda to Strengthen Climate Resilience

IGAD/ICPAC

Ref: SRC-001-UGA-002

https://www.icpac.net/news/sewaa-project-expands-to-uganda-and-rwanda-to-strengthen-climate-resilience/

Accessed: 10/30/2025

Summary

Announces 3 March 2025 launch of SEWAA expansion to Uganda and Rwanda in Entebbe. Details partnership with WFP, funding from Government of Denmark, and building on Kenya/Ethiopia pilots. Quotes Dr Abdi Fidar (ICPAC Officer-in-Charge) and Dr Bob Ogwang (Acting Commissioner, Uganda Department of Meteorological Services). Confirms AI/ML integration into national forecasting systems to improve early warning accuracy.

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IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (2025). 'SEWAA Project Expands to Uganda and Rwanda to Strengthen Climate Resilience'. Nairobi: IGAD/ICPAC. Available at: https://www.icpac.net/news/sewaa-project-expands-to-uganda-and-rwanda-to-strengthen-climate-resilience/ (Accessed 30 October 2025).

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