The project will help improve the environmental, economic and social conditions in the Gonaives region.

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Coming amid weeks of wet conditions, the mission should help improve the forecasting of storms and flooding.

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Muwembe is part of a team testing a new mobile alert system aiming to improve the delivery of weather forecasts and help vulnerable fishing communities in Lake Victoria protect themselves from dangerous conditions.

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That should help attract client assets, he says, into its mutual funds and separately managed accounts as market conditions improve.

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