innovate4wash
Malindi 2022
26th - 28th October 2022
Sandies Tropical Village, Malindi
Innovate4WASH is a three-day marketplace platform designed to connect ideas, talent and capital, from and outside of Kenya, to scale-up existing commercial solutions to problems and opportunities in the water and sanitation sector.
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“The world needs more coordination, collaboration and communication. Silo thinking and silo-organization is too prevalent. Knowledge gaps prevent funding from reaching solutions, and solutions from reaching the problems they can solve”.
Innovate4wash
Malindi, 2022
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation remains a significant challenge, whilst other sectors including ecosystems, industry, energy and agriculture are also experiencing increasing pressure. Thus, it is increasingly important to use available resources more intelligently, make the most of the massive potential for wastewater reuse, and balance the water quality requirements between different uses.
Our numbers speak on their own
Over the years we have become one of East Africa’s most significant marketplaces for the WASH sector. Our focus is to create collaboration, business, investor matches and impact. We are happy to be growing and helping more day by day.
600+
Participants
30+
Sponsors
10+
Projects
17+
Partnerships Created
Our Why
OUR OBJECTIVES
By nurturing ‘home grown ‘solutions developed by local, regional and international innovators the I4WASH Forum seeks to provide a platform which show cases cutting edge innovations by private sector and seek to address challenges that hinder uptake of the same. Our objectives are to:
- Facilitate an exchange between the sources and seekers of capital by inviting organizations the opportunity to present, in time-limited segments, their mission, their value proposition, and what they are looking for in terms of finance, partners, market entry support etc.
- Showcase socially driven investments, in particular in social entrepreneurs providing services to low-income populations and under-privilege geographies.
- Showcase impact investments, blended finance and hybrid business models supporting the growth of local water and sanitation entrepreneurs
- Showcase various innovations in the Eastern African Region market and the value they create within the water and sanitation sector.
- Create partnerships geared towards sustainable water and sanitation management.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
- Facilitate connections for deal-making
- Give visibility to organizations (UN, NGO’s, Corporations) presenting their needs and/or current projects (impact funds, coalitions, innovative public/private models, new financial vehicles) to potential service providers (social entrepreneurs, water and technology experts, etc.) partners and investors
- Form sustainable partnerships in adapting suitable innovations in combating threat paused by climate change in the water and sanitation sector
- Leverage the interest of entrepreneurs who innovate, including with disruptive technologies and social business models, thus contributing to SDG 6
- Promote climate smart WASH technologies including Water Recycling and Reuse
- Promote nature based solutions in WASH
The Forum will be dynamic, with time allocated to facilitate connections between project owners, potential partners and investors.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The event is relevant for:
- National and county government representatives from across sub-Saharan Africa
- Government policy makers active in the water and sanitation sector
- SMEs and multinational companies with interests in the water and sanitation sector
- Sources of finance, including development finance institutions, commercial banks, institutional investors, and impact investors
- Water institutions (foundations, coalitions, NGOs)
- International organizations, national and local governments
- Universities / incubators / research institutions
KEY PRIORITY AREAS OF INTERVENTION
- Water desalination solutions
- De-fluoridation solutions
- Solarization Programs/Clean & Sustainable Energy Solutions (Green Energy)
- Water Harvesting Solutions
- Enterprise creation within WASH
- Sanitation technologies and solutions
- Innovative finance for sustainable WASH systems.
- Menstrual hygiene
- Nature based WASH solutions
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