Digital Utilities Insights
Our work strives to enable access to affordable, reliable, safe, and sustainable urban utility services for low-income populations through digital solutions and innovative partnerships. To fulfil this mission and to disseminate actionable information to the wider ecosystem, we conduct a variety of research and publish all of our insights for your use. We’ve gathered our most significant learnings here to ensure that you have access to the information you need.
Grantee Portfolio
African Solar Designs
African Water Enterprises
CityTaps
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Development Workshop Angola
Drinkwell
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Easypaisa
EcoEnergy
Électricité de Madagascar
Electric Vine Industries
Emergence BioEnergy Inc.
Fenix International
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Gham Power
Kampala Capital City Authority
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Kamworks
KopaGas
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Loowatt
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Lumos
Mobisol
NextDrop
PEG Ghana
Portland State University
Safe Water Network
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Sanergy
SunCulture
Svadha
Uduma
Wonderkid
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Innovative Data for Urban Planning: The Opportunities and Challenges of Public-Private Data Partnerships
Celebrating the success and evolution of digital utility services
Digital Solutions for the Urban Poor
The GSMA Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Hub: Impact and insights from inception to industry transition
Intelligent Utilities for All
Achieving SDGs 6 and 7: The promise and impact of mobile
Unlocking access to utility services: The transformational value of mobile
Going greenfield with utility pay-as-you-go models
Mobile money transaction fees and utility bill payments in emerging markets
Can mobile help solve the sanitation challenge?
Intelligent Utilities for All – sanitation
The Role of Mobile in Improved Sanitation Access
Water Utility Digitalisation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Experiences from the Kenyan water sector
Scaling Digital Solutions in the Water Sector – Lessons from CityTaps and Wonderkid
An effective response to COVID-19 requires innovative water and sanitation services
Our quarterly insights – Issue 1
Intelligent Utilities for All – water
Digital payments in water: Findings from two new research projects
Key trends in mobile-enabled water services: What’s working and what’s next
The Value of Pay-as-you-go Solar for Mobile Operators: Insights from customer journeys in Benin and Cote d’Ivoire
The Value of Pay-as-you-go Solar for Mobile Operators
The GSMA Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Hub: Impact and insights from inception to industry transition
Why off-grid energy providers are increasingly paying attention to urban areas – insights from the DRC and beyond
West Africa: Has the growth potential been tapped for pay-as-you-go utilities?
Intelligent Utilities for All – energy
Mini-grids, macro impact?
Lessons from the use of mobile in utility pay-as-you-go models