The Global Water Partnership, in partnership with the African Union, has presented President Samia Suluhu Hassan with the Presidential Global Water Changemakers Award 2025, the highest honor in water.
Tanzania’s High Commissioner to South Africa, James Bwana, accepted the award on behalf of President Samia from Botswana’s President Duma Boko, who served as the chairman of the Presidential Global Water Changemakers Awards 2025.
The award honors President Samia’s noteworthy leadership and reforms in the water sector, including the building of water infrastructure, the extension of the nation’s water supply, and creative financing through the issuance of a Green Bond by the Tanga Water Authority, according to information from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.
Prime minister of Saudi Arabia, and the president of South Africa are among the other leaders recognized for their contributions to the advancement of the water sector in their nations.
Former President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, who is also the Co-Chair of the High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, was one of the several visitors and attendees of the committee.
The meeting was attended by some 600 people from several nations, including King Mswati III of Eswatini, who presented the prize alongside President Boko.
