Africa Water Enterprises
Africa Water Enterprises will repair broken water systems and install eWATERtaps in villages in rural Gambia
Grantee Details
Africa Water Enterprises will repair broken water systems and install eWATERtaps in villages in rural Gambia. Users buy eWATERcredit either directly onto NFC phones or via women water entrepreneurs using a tag and pay $0.09 cents per 20 litres. An App will allow retailers to buy credit direct from QCell via SMS text and convert this to water credit. Funds are used to pay for professional maintenance and repairs with the aim of overcoming the tragedy of broken water supply systems in villages.
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Testimonial
“We believe that with this fantastic grant funding from GSMA will enable the eWATERtap to revolutionise rural water supplies in Africa, ending the current catastrophe of broken taps and hand pumps scattered across rural villages.” – Alison Wedgwood, CEO, Africa Water Entrerprises