Cate Zziwa
Cate is the Regional Director for Africa at Water for People, a USA-based NGO, where she leads a team of 100+ professionals across Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Rwanda. Her work drives the collective effort articulated in their D30 strategy to create exponential progress and reach 200 million people with strengthened systems in the next decade.
Cate has over 26 years’ experience as a Water and Sanitation Specialist, 15 of which have been dedicated to Leadership and Management in the urban and rural water and sanitation sectors. Cate holds an MBA from Herriot Watt University (UK) and a MSc (with Distinction) in water resources and environment management from Netherlands and a BSc (Hons) from Makerere University Uganda. She has previously served as a Country Director for Water for People Uganda and Programme Manager Network for Water and Sanitation in Uganda. Cate is an SDG 6 award winner and has been listed as one of the leading researchers in sanitation by Water Research Commission in South Africa in 2015.
SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE:
From Projects to Systems: What It Really Takes to Achieve Sustainable WASH : Experiences from Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
DistrictWide Approaches to WASH: Lessons from Africa
ClimateResilient WASH: What Works in Practice: Experiences from Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
NatureBased Solutions for Water Security in Africa
MarketBased Sanitation: Lessons from East Africa
Cate Zziwa Nimanya is a principled, systemsdriven leader whose work has strengthened water and sanitation services across Africa by centering sustainability, equity, and local leadership.
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