by Michelle Anekeya | Nov 24, 2025 | News
For decades, the global sanitation crisis has been framed as a matter of pipes, toilets, and treatment plants. But in reality, the greatest challenge lies not in building new systems, but in making sure they actually work for the people who rely on them. That is where...
by Michelle Anekeya | Jun 16, 2025 | News
In many African cities, the promise of clean water and safe sanitation remains a distant reality for millions living in informal settlements. Yet a quiet revolution is underway—one that doesn’t involve digging wells or laying pipes, but instead focuses on the rules,...
by Michelle Anekeya | Jun 2, 2025 | News
In the town of Naivasha, where luxury lodges overlook Lake Naivasha and flower farms ship roses to Europe, there is a quieter story unfolding: a public utility is learning to serve the people who need it most. For years, low-income residents in the settlements of...
by Michelle Anekeya | Feb 26, 2024 | News
Water and Sanitation for Urban Populations (WSUP) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association (ESAWAS) have renewed their partnership to enhance the sustainability of water and sanitation utility operations in an effective...
by Polly Markandya | Jun 19, 2023
The recent second assembly of UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Progamme, in Nairobi (Kenya) in early June, saw the launch of a unique global study about challenges and advances in the management of wastewater and faecal sludge. Produced by a consortium...
