# The University of the Witwatersrand’s Climate Risk Modelling project has been awarded a grant by the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI Grand Challenge for Climate and Nature. The approximately 925-thousand-rand phase one grant is to help lead the ground-breaking project, aimed at transforming weather forecasting across Africa. The project was selected for its potential to address a major climate and development challenge in Africa, the lack of reliable weather data and forecasting infrastructure. This is particularly in rural and underserved areas dependent on rain-fed agriculture.
Wits Climate Risk Modelling project awarded a prestigious grant