In emerging markets, there is a significant gap in access to water and sanitation services. Mobile technology, with its almost ubiquitous presence and coverage is uniquely placed to help address this problem.
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- VideoIn 2017, the GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities program awarded CityTaps a grant to scale their prepaid water service platform to enable the urban poor to access affo
- ReportThe Mobile for Development Utilities Perspective is a quarterly publication that brings together and highlights insights from the GSMA's Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund. This first issue explore the digitization of
- WebinarOn March 21, 2019, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and GSMA hosted a webinar on the benefits of digital payments for the water and sanitation sectors.
- ReportA key barrier to universal access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) is that providers often lose money serving their current customers because tariffs are too low, non-revenue water levels are high, and collection rates are poor.
- ReportThis report identified three key trends in mobile-enabled water delivery that have been tested in a range of countries and have potential to scale. The report explores these in light of broader industry trends, as well as in-depth lessons collected from our grants and one-to-one interviews with entrepreneurs in the water sector.