AU, Global Water Partnership decorate Dr Samia

ZANZIBAR: TANZANIAN President, Dr  Samia Suluhu Hassan, has today received her prestigious Presidential Global Water Changemakers Award 2025, which she was awarded in August this year.

The award was handed over to her by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and  East African Cooperations, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo at the Presidential Lodge in Tunguu, Zanzibar.

The award is presented by the Global Water Partnership in collaboration with the African Union, recognising her outstanding leadership and commitment to advancing water sustainability.

The award was presented by President Duma Boko of Botswana, who also serves as the Chairperson of the Presidential Global Water Changemakers Awards 2025.

The award was presented during the African Union Africa Water Investment Programme (AU–AIP) Africa Water Investment Summit 2025, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from August 13th  to 15th  this year.

AU-AIP recognised President Samia’s outstanding leadership and reforms in the water sector, including the construction of water infrastructure, expansion of water supply across Tanzania, and innovative financing through the issuance of a Green Bond by the Tanga Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority.

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