by Michelle Anekeya | Feb 16, 2026 | Case Study, News
What does it take for a water utility to put low-income communities at the centre of service delivery? In Naivasha, Kenya, the answer is clear: strong leadership, long-term partnerships, flexible funding – and a relentless focus on equity. WSUP’s new Topic Brief,...
by Michelle Anekeya | Feb 2, 2026 | News
By Antony Ambugo Kenya’s cities are growing at breathtaking speed. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people arrive in major cities and dozens of secondary towns in search of opportunity. Yet beneath the skyline of new buildings and roads lies a quieter, more urgent...
by Michelle Anekeya | Dec 15, 2025 | News
On the shimmering shores of Lake Victoria, the city of Kisumu is undergoing a quiet revolution. One did not lead by bulldozers or billion-dollar pipelines, but by a network of small sanitation businesses that are redefining what progress looks like in Africa’s growing...
by Michelle Anekeya | Dec 8, 2025 | News
Africa’s fastest-growing cities are undergoing a quiet shift. The change is not driven by huge construction projects. Instead, it comes from stronger institutions and smarter ways of managing basic services. Across Kenya, Ghana, and other countries, utilities are...
by Polly Markandya | Dec 1, 2025 | News
A study supported by WSUP sheds light on why many utilities in sub-Saharan Africa continue to struggle to establish and scale safe pit emptying and faecal sludge management services, despite growing political momentum and new mandates for citywide sanitation coverage....
