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Officials from the Limpopo Watercourse Commission pose with IWMI researchers after training and handover sessions for the Limpopo Digital Twin and WaterCopilot tools. Photo: IWMI

Limpopo River Basin water managers get AI-powered Digital Twin and WaterCopilot to strengthen water security

LIMCOM and IWMI capacitate officials from Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe to use digital tools for monitoring, forecasting and scenario planning.

IWMI Director General, Mark Smith (right) at the plenary on water, energy, food and ecosystem nexus at the World Governments Summit held from February 3–5, 2026, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: World Government Summit 2026

To solve the water crisis, countries must start with data and work together

At the World Governments Summit 2026, Mark Smith, director general of IWMI, explored strategies for advancing sustainable solutions for water governance.

May 6, 2026

A woman harvesting groundnuts in Zimbabwe, in 2013. Photo: David Brazier/IWMI

Three tools, one river basin and a question every digital project should ask

IWMI applies an equitability framework to ask whether three digital tools in the Limpopo River Basin serve all users, and what it takes to close the gap.

May 12, 2026