Granting Access to 24/7 Clean Water in Africa.

A startling 780 million people worldwide do not have access to an improved water source according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Water systems are continuously installed but 65 per cent break within the first two years, an issue which adds to the mounting problem in the most remote and disadvantaged communities. 

eWATER is determined to solve the water crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. By using technology and local operational excellence, it is providing an affordable, accessible, and sustainable solution across Africa. 

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene advisors are all too aware that the traditional model relies too heavily on unreliable water committees to collect user fees and carry out maintenance. 

As a result, often generously donated solar pumps and filtration systems can be left broken for years, particularly in war-torn regions where a charity has withdrawn, and the infrastructure slowly fails to deliver. 

For the world’s poorest people, a sustainable solution must provide easy and affordable payment per use and in-country maintenance of the water supply, while creating local employment opportunities. 

eWATERPay provides a solution by using mobile technology for the transparent and accountable collection of user fees to ensure sustainable maintenance. To achieve this eWATERPay fully integrates three technologies to manage the provision of clean, low-cost water, which is accessible 24/7: mobile money, IoT, near field communication (NFC).

Its core challenge was achieving a highly available and reliable connectivity solution to scale its water solution to the most rural communities in Africa.