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Profitable businesses and positive community change. Read more...
Equity in sanitation: Empowering women entrepreneurs. Read more...
This is the story of Yeshi, an Ethiopian woman who became a successful sanitation entrepreneur. Read more...
I was given the honour of providing a summary of the action points at the 2022 World Toilet Summit in Nigeria. Read more...
How government, development partners and private businesses can successfully implement market-based sanitation. Read more...
Raising the "decision intelligence" of sanitation customers in Ethiopia Read more...
New free online course on Market-Based Sanitation Read more...
New online course on market-based sanitation tested in blended learning session in Ethiopia. Read more...
Partnering with Ethiopia's private sector for market-based sanitation. Read more...
USAID Transform WASH teams up with Government of Ethiopia partners to visit Wore Illu Woreda. Read more...
What challenges are women in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) businesses facing in Ethiopia? Read more...
Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop markets for WASH products and services are no exception. Read more...
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source. Read more...
How combining Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and market-based approaches can help. Read more...
Enormous progress has been made in reducing open defecation in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the quality of sanitation facilities remains a big challenge and a serious health concern. Read more...
The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale. Read more...
You may have heard of the Lord of the Rings, but in Bihar, India, that name is taking on a whole new meaning. I recently joined a field visit to this part of the world to see how cement ring businesses are changing the face of rural sanitation. Read more...
Indian sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha one year later. Read more...
Communities have an important role to play in sustainable services. In this blog, I present personal highlights reflections from the session on Community-Led Approaches to change in Africa at World Water Week in Stockholm. Read more...
What do we need to make a business out of sanitation. Read more...