by Polly Markandya | Mar 8, 2024
Kihumuro Josephine is a Civil Engineer currently working at the Central Umbrella of Water and Sanitation in Uganda. Here she describes her role providing leadership in a utility setting including training teams to carry out NRW reduction improvements at the scheme...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 31, 2018
According to Faustina Boachie, head of Ghana Water Company’s Low-Income Customer Support Unit, there is a strong link between poor water and sanitation access and the socio-economic development and the political position of women. “As a young girl, my sisters and I...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 7, 2018
Zaituni Kanenje is a woman making a difference in the growing lakeside town of Nakuru, Kenya. As Manager for the Low-Income Customer Services department of NAWASSCO, the utility for the town, Zaituni focuses on extending WASH services into the poorer communities. And...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 7, 2018
“Working in a utility dominated by men has been challenging but exciting,” says Yvonne Siyeni, Manager for the Peri-urban department at Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC). Yvonne, a leader in the utility which supplies the city of Lusaka with water and...
