IRIBA Water Group
Delivering innovative water solutions in Africa
Problem
Underutilisation of harvested rainwater due to concerns of purity and safety
Solution
Utilising harvested rainwater to deliver safe drinking water through climate-smart solution
About the company
IRIBA is a social enterprise established in 2017, which has developed three different innovative water solutions to reach over 309,000 people. With their climate-smart Tap&Drink solution they aim to provide access to safe drinking water to 3 million people in low-income communities and schools. IRIBA Tap&Drink provides affordable safe drinking water to low-income people in urban and peri-urban communities in Rwanda & D.R Congo, using a combination of different technologies to remove 99% of all contaminants and smart sensors to monitor water quality across all of IRIBA water ATMs in real-time. This solution addresses both issues related to water scarcity and unemployment in Africa.
Sector:
Water
Country Of Origin:
Rwanda
Current presence:
Rwanda / Democratic Republic of Congo
Cohort:
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