Dr. Azza holds a postgraduate diploma and Master of Science Degree in Water Quality Management from IHE Delft, and a Doctorate in Freshwater Ecology/Limnology also from IHE Delft. Dr. Azza is a water resources expert with 32 years of professional experience in IWRM, transboundary water governance, national and regional water policy, and water quality and environmental management. Dr. Azza headed Uganda’s National Water Quality Laboratory before leaving to join the NBI as a Regional Water Policy Expert. Dr Azza now works as a freelance consultant and has carried out assignments for the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), the African Development Bank, and many of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Transboundary Lake/River Basin Organizations (RBOs) in Eastern and Southern Africa.