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Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Somalia, Namibia

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Employment (6)

Global Water Partnership Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, TZ

2015-10-12 to present | Executive Director
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Dr. Victor Kongo

World Bank 2030 Water Resources Group: Dar es Saaam, Dar es Salaam, TZ

2019-09 to 2022-06 | Country Coordinator
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Stockholm Environment Institute: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, TZ

2009-10-12 to 2013-12-31 | Researcher (University of Dar es Salaam)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2008-10-12 to 2009-09-16 | Post Doctoral Researcher (Bioresources Engineering & Environmental Hydrology)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2003-01-01 to 2004-12-31 | Water Resources Consultant (Somalia Water and Land Information Management System Programme)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Ministry of Agriculture (Mechanization): Nakuru, Nakuru, KE

1998-08-12 to 2002-12-15 | Assistant Engineer (Agricultural Mechanization Services)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2004-02-10 to 2008-09-07 | PhD (Bioresources Engineering & Environmental Hydrology)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Egerton University: Nakuru, Nakuru, KE

1990-08-09 to 2006-04-12 | BSc. Agric. Engineering (Agricultural Engineering)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Hydraulic Research Institute (HRI): Cairo, Cairo, EG

2002-09-07 to 2002-12-12 | PGD (Hydraulics)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

University of Dar es Salaam: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, TZ

1999-10-01 to 2001-06-21 | MSc. Water Resources Engineering (Water Resources Engineering )
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Professional activities (11)

UNESCO International Hydrology Programme: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, TZ

2019-05-12 to present | Executive Committee Member
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Dr. Victor Kongo

United Nations Development Programme: New York, NY, US

2017-08-12 to present | Vetted International Consultant (Climate and Water Resources)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

International Association of Hydrological Sciences: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, GB

2010-03-12 to present | Member
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Southern Africa FRIEND: Rhodes, Rhodes, ZA

2009-12-10 to present | Member
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Dr. Victor Kongo

WaterNet Trust: Gaborone, BW

2007-08-12 to present | Alumni
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Engineers Registration Board : Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2006-06-11 to present | Engineer
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Nile Basin Capacity Building Network: Cairo, Cairo, EG

2004-04-12 to present | Researcher
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Dr. Victor Kongo

University of Venda: Thohoyandou, Limpopo, ZA

2014-08-12 to 2015-10-12 | External Exerminer (Water Resources Engineering)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

UNESCO-IHE: Delft, Delft, NL

2012-06-10 to 2012-06-20 | External Exerminer
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Dr. Victor Kongo

SANCIAHS: Cape Town, Cape Town, ZA

2007-09-07 | Best Hydrology Post Graduate Student
Distinction
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Dr. Victor Kongo

WaterNet: Harare, Harare, ZW

2004-11-04 | Best Young Male Scientist of the Year (2004)
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Works (21)

Obscuring Complexity and Performing Progress: Unpacking SDG Indicator 6.5.1 and the Implementation of IWRM

Water Alternatives
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Dr. Victor Kongo; Mdee, A; Ofori, A.D; Cohen, J.; Kjellén, M; Rooney, E; Singhal, S; Amezaga, J; Ankush; Figueroa-Benítez, A et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Dr. Victor Kongo

Editorial: water and environmental solutions for adaptation to global change pressures in developing countries

Water Practice & Technology
2023-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2023.163
Part of ISSN: 1751-231X
Contributors: Victor Kongo; Jotham Ivan Sempewo; Job Kosgei; Subira Munishi
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Estimation and mapping of water quality parameters using satellite images: a case study of Two Rivers Dam, Kenya

Water Practice and Technology
2023-01-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2023.010
Part of ISSN: 1751-231X
Contributors: Nureen Adhiambo; Yashon Ouma; Job Rotich Kosgei; Victor Kongo; Ednah Jelagat Kemboi; Simon Mburu Njoroge; Achisa Cleophas Mecha; Emmanuel Chessum Kipkorir
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Development of an Operational Satellite-Based Flood Monitoring Model for Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology
2022-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.52339/tjet.v41i4.874
Part of ISSN: 2619-8789
Part of ISSN: 1821-536X
Contributors: Andrew Kimati; SUBIRA MUNISHI; Victor Kongo
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Comparative Evaluation of Water Resource Data Policy Inventories Towards the Improvement of East African Climate and Water Data Infrastructure

Water Resources Management
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-022-03231-z
Part of ISSN: 0920-4741
Part of ISSN: 1573-1650
Contributors: Dr. Victor Kongo
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Impacts of Land Cover Change Caused by Urbanization on the Flood Regime of Msimbazi Catchment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology
2022-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.52339/tjet.v41i2.777
Part of ISSN: 2619-8789
Part of ISSN: 1821-536X
Contributors: Chrisogonous Kibugu; Subira Munishi; Victor Kongo
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Dr. Victor Kongo

The top 100 global water questions: Results of a scoping exercise

One Earth
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.009
Part of ISSN: 2590-3322
Contributors: Dr. Victor Kongo
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Dr. Victor Kongo

Assessment of potential impacts of climate change on water resources in Ngerengere catchment, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2019.11.001
EID:

2-s2.0-85081657525

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Shagega, F.P.; Munishi, S.E.; Kongo, V.M.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Prediction of future climate in Ngerengere river catchment, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2018.12.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85061315357

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Shagega, F.P.; Munishi, S.E.; Kongo, V.M.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Assessment of impacts of climate change on surface water availability using coupled SWAT and WEAP models: Case of upper Pangani River Basin, Tanzania

Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
2018 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.5194/piahs-378-23-2018
EID:

2-s2.0-85055002960

Part of ISBN:

2199899X 21998981
Contributors: Kishiwa, P.; Nobert, J.; Kongo, V.; Ndomba, P.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier
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Extent of salt-affected soils and their effects in irrigated and lowland rain-fed rice growing areas of Southwestern Tanzania

Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture: Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture
2016 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41238-2_6
EID:

2-s2.0-85009688937
Contributors: Kashenge-Killenga, S.; Meliyo, J.; Urassa, G.; Kongo, V.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Uncertainty of runoff projections under changing climate in Wami River sub-basin

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.05.013
EID:

2-s2.0-84938094216

Part of ISBN:

22145818
Contributors: Wambura, F.J.; Ndomba, P.M.; Kongo, V.; Tumbo, S.D.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

River health assessment using macroinvertebrates and water quality parameters: A case of the Orange River in Namibia

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.01.001
EID:

2-s2.0-84930381195

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Munyika, S.; Kongo, V.; Kimwaga, R.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Meeting the water and sanitation MDGs: A study of human resource development requirements in Tanzania

Water Policy
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.012
EID:

2-s2.0-84885394593

Part of ISBN:

13667017
Contributors: Kimwaga, R.; Nobert, J.; Kongo, V.; Ngwisa, M.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Participatory geographic information systems for agricultural water management scenario development: A Tanzanian case study

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.039
EID:

2-s2.0-80054066124

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Cinderby, S.; Bruin, A.D.; Mbilinyi, B.; Kongo, V.; Barron, J.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Establishment of a catchment monitoring network through a participatory approach in a rural community in South Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-2507-2010
EID:

2-s2.0-78650076586

Part of ISBN:

10275606 16077938
Contributors: Kongo, V.M.; Kosgei, J.R.; Jewitt, G.P.W.; Lorentz, S.A.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

The influence of tillage on field scale water fluxes and maize yields in semi-arid environments: A case study of Potshini catchment, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.027
EID:

2-s2.0-34548593182

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Kosgei, J.R.; Jewitt, G.P.W.; Kongo, V.M.; Lorentz, S.A.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Erratum: Impact assessment of Mtera and Kidatu reservoirs on the annual maximum floods at Stiegler's Gorge of the Rufiji River in Tanzania (Water International (March 2006) (100-108))

Water International
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33749468307

Part of ISBN:

02508060
Contributors: Kongo, V.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Impact assessment of Mtera and Kidatu reservoirs on the annual maximum floods at Stiegler's Gorge of the Rufiji River in Tanzania

Water International
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/02508060608691919
EID:

2-s2.0-33646246162

Part of ISBN:

02508060
Contributors: Yawson, D.K.; Kongo, V.M.; Kachroo, R.K.
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Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Preliminary investigation of catchment hydrology in response to agricultural water use innovations: A case study of the Potshini catchment - South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.014
EID:

2-s2.0-33748887383

Part of ISBN:

14747065
Contributors: Kongo, V.M.; Jewitt, G.P.W.
Source: Self-asserted source
Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier

Application of linear and nonlinear techniques in river flow forecasting in the Kilombero River basin, Tanzania

Hydrological Sciences Journal
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.5.783
EID:

2-s2.0-26444486481

Part of ISBN:

02626667
Contributors: Yawson, D.K.; Kongo, V.M.; Kachroo, R.K.
Source: Self-asserted source
Dr. Victor Kongo via Scopus - Elsevier
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