Malawi
Scaling to create value
Insights
24,000+ quality controlled rainfall and river level observations! In February 2023, our service was rolled out to 70+ monitoring stations of Malawi's Department of Water Resources and Department of Climate Change & Meteorological Services. Gauge Readers and Observers at monitoring stations from south to north Malawi gathered data supporting the Government's efforts in managing water and climate risks.
We ramped up capacity building to enable community engagement. Consistently, observations were submitted above 80% of time and against quality requirement (surpassing WMO standard).
The resilience of manual observations was evident after Cyclone Freddy March 2023, when many returned to sending measurement and easily reported if equipment needed repair.
Client
Government of Malawi
Department of Water Resources
Department of Climate Change & Meteorlogical Services
Timeline
2022-2023
Scope
35 River level stations
38 Rainfall level stations
24,000+ observations
Region
WMO Region I
Africa
Funding
Swedish Innovation Agency
Vinnova
Status
Completed
Results
24,000+ observations of river levels and rainfall collected daily after six months piloting
Deployment with in-field training took just over a week
Staff at DWR and DCCMS and district offices access their data in near real-time
