{"id":3592,"date":"2018-02-14T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/africa\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:13:07","slug":"bringing-water-every-urban-home-power-mobile-update-grantee-citytaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/africa\/bringing-water-every-urban-home-power-mobile-update-grantee-citytaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing water to every urban home with the power of mobile \u2013 an update on our grantee, CityTaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, we launched the Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities Innovation Fund to trial and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water and sanitation services. To date, we have awarded Seed and Market Validation grants to 34 organisations in 21 countries. 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