2024 Update:

Capital budgeted to be invested: $3.6 million

Capital disbursed: $1.6 million

Expected impact:

• Support 310 youth (160 in Ghana; 150 in Uganda)

• Train, coach, and provide catalytic grants to 49 entrepreneurs (36 in Ghana; 13 in Uganda);

• Attract $1.1 million ($500,000 in Ghana; $600,000 in Uganda) in direct investments; and

• Provide safe water products and services to 478,000 people (203,000 in Ghana; 275,000 in Uganda).

• Support at least 15 enterprises to scale their operations using microloans, with 70% repaying their loans.

• Initiate a network of, at least, 45 stakeholders (20 from Ghana; 25 from Uganda) who meet several times per year; and

• At least 750 stakeholders (300 in Ghana; 450 in Uganda) attend events.

Commitment:

Build an entrepreneur pipeline in Uganda and Ghana and help identify and scale innovative models to deliver safe water services to hard-to-reach rural communities as follows:

Support entrepreneurs:

• Attract youth to entrepreneurship through hackathons and incubation programs
• Train, coach, and provide catalytic grants to entrepreneurs
• Attract direct investments to enterprises
• Offer safe water products and services to citizens.

Facilitate partnerships:

• Organize regular stakeholder coordination meetings; and
• Organize events and invite government, non-government, and private sector stakeholders.

Supporting partners include: cewas and Young Water Solutions