News, events & resources

3 October 2022

Stone arch bridges in Tanzania

In rural Tanzania, it is very expensive to use industrial materials, while labour is cheap. The stone arch technology capitalises on this fact by using local materials in a labour intensive process, reducing the cost with 80%.

2 October 2022

Healthcare coming your way

In Niger, many people live in remote and sometimes insecure areas. The road to the nearest health centre is often very long, so people do not go there easily. Enabel and its partners in Niger worked out a solution. 

30 September 2022

Laying the groundwork for sustainable architecture

How does Enabel promote sustainable architecture in its partner countries? Two architects tell us more about their work in Rwanda and Burundi.

30 September 2022

Covid-19 and vaccination in Africa

While emergency vaccination assistance is now a priority for Europe’s development cooperation agencies, it already comes with first steps towards future vaccine and health self-sufficiency. Belgium intends to be part in this international effort.

23 September 2022

5 questions to Carine Vanden Borre

The police are sometimes distrusted by citizens. This is no different in Burkina Faso. To restore trust between citizens and security services, we work with the concept of community policing. Interview with project leader Carine Vanden Borre.

23 September 2022

Interview with Sandra Galbusera

Interview with Sandra Galbusera on feminism and equal opportunities

22 September 2022

The road to work

Social, political and economic reasons drive people away in search of a better life. In Guinea, Enabel works with young unemployed Guineans and Guinean migrants who have returned to their homeland.

22 September 2022

5 questions to Elisabetta Demartis

Five questions to Elisabetta Demartis, Digital Expert in Senegal

22 September 2022

Solar panels for drinking water

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, most households struggle to access a correct source of drinking water. But how do you solve this when there is no electricity either? Enabel tackles the problem together with local partners.

22 September 2022

Ending FGM in Burkina Faso

It is estimated that globally 200 million girls and women have undergone FGM. In Burkina Faso the majority of women have been cut. Together with communities and the government of Burkina Faso, Enabel works to put an end to this practice.

21 September 2022

Water development in rural areas in Mozambique

The Gaza Province in Mozambique is a dry region with few water sources. Enabel introduces new approaches that provide rural areas with better access to drinking water.

2 September 2022

Interview with Eder Gninou, drones in the pineapple sector

Enabel is involved in a project using drones to develop the pineapple sector in Benin. It  aims to provide the sector with a sustainable tool to assure further growth. Interview with Eder Gninou, expert digitalisation in Benin.