COVID-19: 3 questions to our entrepreneurs on keeping their businesses afloat The current COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the economy like probably no crisis before it. Across the world and across all sectors, businesses are hit by the consequences of prolonged lockdowns and a halting global economy. WASH businesses are no exception. Aside...
2019 was a year of intense reflection and hard work for the SWEP. We presented our vision for a global pact and value chain for WASH entrepreneurs at the Stockholm World Water Week, knocked at our partner’s doors to convince them to join hands and put together a solid business model for the SWEP. Now,...
(Use deepl.com to read this story in English) Lorsqu’il a lancé l’association BILADA, Hamed Arthur Yo avait un rêve : rendre l’eau potable accessible à large échelle au Burkina Faso. Dans ce pays, la majorité de la population n’a pas d’accès privilégié au réseau d’eau potable et continue à recourir à des sources d’eau souillées....
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Fontes started to work in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after the 2002 volcanic eruption and has stayed on during the many years of political instability and conflict that have shaken the DRC. It’s hard to imagine a more difficult setting to start a social business that provides safe water. And yet,...
The 35th AGUASAN* Workshop 2019 took a closer look at the advancement of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation through inclusive business approaches. It was an exciting week full of key notes, practical insights and group works on case studies of young WASH entrepreneurs. We were able to discuss the interlinkages between Human Rights...
Is sanitation more important than being Swiss? We believe so. Especially if we look at it from a global perspective. So, we decided to change our name from “Swiss Water Entrepreneurship Pact” to “Sanitation and Water Entrepreneurship Pact”. This name change also reflects our focus: We are the network of water and sanitation entrepreneurship enablers....
When Mwila Lando started as a social entrepreneur, he was more concerned with farming than sanitation…until he came face to face with the run-down and unclean toilets in public markets in peri-urban areas of Lusaka. He suddenly realised how big a challenge sanitation was and has since made it his mission to provide clean, safe...
