Cewas

09/04/2026

Calling young entrepreneurs from around the Mediterranean for a last-minute opportunity to showcase your innovation at this year's 🌊 Festival de la Méditerranée 🌊

Do you have an innovative project linked to the blue economy or environmental protection in the Mediterranean, like sustainable tourism, water treatment, marine pollution, aquaculture, coastal agriculture, wetlands management? Then this is your moment.

Alumni for the Planet, Cewas and Sauver la Méditerranée, supported by HLD pour la Méditerranée, are inviting young entrepreneurs to join a free online webinar on Tuesday 14 April, 10:00–13:00 CET, where you'll pitch your project and apply to showcase it at the 5th Festival de la Méditerranée in Ajaccio, Corsica (29–31 May 2026).

🏆 3 winning projects will be selected. Each winner gets:
- Full travel & accommodation covered
- A stage at the Festival in front of associations, scientists, institutions & business leaders committed to protecting the Med
- A financial prize for the top project, voted by the Festival audience

Register at: https://www.billetweb.fr/hackathon-festival-de-la-mediterranee-2026

⚠️ A good level of French is required for participation.

Tickets : Webinar - Festival de la Méditerranée 2026 - Billetweb

27/02/2026

Who fixes your tap when water stops flowing?
In many parts of the world, the answer is still an NGO.
Drilling. Operating. Repairing.
But is that sustainable?
In our latest newsletter, we take a hard look at maintenance, ownership, and viable business models in WASH.
Additional topics and announcements:

• Majipreneurs Summit Kenya
• Webinars on Scaling pathways for sanitation businesses
• Innovation in Latin America
• WE4F 2.0 MENA
• A new Carbon Aggregator Platform linking water and climate finance

Read the full newsletter here:

Let us imagine you live in Europe or North America. You are cooking dinner for your loved ones. As you are preparing to rinse the lettuce, you realise nothing happens when you turn on the tap. Annoying! Especially right now, when the whole family is hungry. Let’s get this fixed. You google the pho...

07/01/2026

Following the release of “Scaling Pathways for Sanitation Business Models” with our partners at The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, our upcoming dedicated webinar series will explore each of the four business models in more depth:
20 January – Container-Based Sanitation 🚽
24 February – Pit Emptying & Transport 🚛
24 March – Decentralised Treatment (DEWATS) 🫧
28 April – Resource Reuse Models ♻️

Registration links can be found in the comments.

Each session will highlight key lessons, challenges, and investment needs for scaling, with speakers from the field. Attendance is open to practitioners, entrepreneurs, investors, and academics with an interest in sanitation and everything that goes with it.

👉 Find the publication here: https://lnkd.in/d9fDG56W

23/12/2025

Do you want to turn your vision for change in Sub Saharan Africa into a viable and profitable social business?

BOOKBRIDGE supports purpose driven founders to build enterprises that combine impact with financial sustainability. The programme strengthens your business and leadership skills, connects you with an experienced local support team, and provides access to patient capital.
Applications are open until 14 January 2026 for the next action learning programme starting in June 2026.

If you believe that lasting change comes from strong local businesses, this may be your next step.

Do you want to turn your vision for change in Sub-Saharan Africa into a profitable social business? We build your business and leadership skills, give you a team to support you on the ground as well as access to capital. Apply here until January 14, 2026 and become the social entrepreneur in our nex...

17/12/2025

We’re thrilled to announce the release of “Scaling Pathways for Sanitation Business Models” together with our partners at TThe Sanitation and Hygiene Fund a practical, field-tested guide to building viable sanitation enterprises that scale sustainably. This publication outlines critical milestones, performance indicators, and investment needs for each pathway, tailored for entrepreneurs, funders, investors, and support organisations working to deliver impact at scale.
👉 https://cewas.org/articles/scaling-pathways-for-sanitation-business-models

To dive deeper into each model, we’re hosting a dedicated webinar series in early 2026:
📅 20 Jan – Container-Based Sanitation (CBS)
📅 24 Feb – Pit Emptying & Transport
📅 24 Mar – Decentralised Treatment (DEWATS)
📅 28 Apr – Resource Reuse Models

Save the dates - more details and registration coming soon!

Sanitation enterprises are essential to achieving SDG 6, yet few have found clear routes to scale. This publication provides practical guidance for entrepreneurs, funders and sector partners who seek to unlock scalable and sustainable sanitation solutions.

08/12/2025

Our Technical Assistance programme in Kenya and Uganda, SanUp: Scaling Next Gen Sanitation Enterprises, is in full swing, having launched its first round of TA in recent weeks.

Let's hear from some of the enterprises in our cohort to learn more about what they hope to get out of the programme and which areas they want to focus on in their journey with us!


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25/11/2025

Register for our Next Webinar now.

Scaling great water solutions is not just about innovation – it’s about making them work at scale.
Join our next Scaling Blueprints webinar on 4 December, 15:00 CET, to explore how Water Kiosk Models can grow sustainably and deliver safe water where it’s needed most.
Janek Hermann-Friede, author of the publication, will unpack key insights and lessons from practice.

Register here:
https://www.cewas.org/articles/scaling-blueprint-of-water-supply-business-models

29/10/2025

Webinar Tomorrow: Scaling water filter enterprises

The challenge in the water sector is not innovation, it’s scale.

Join us tomorrow, 30 October 2025 (15:00 CET), as we unpack what makes household water filter enterprises grow from small initiatives to sustainable operations.

Janek Hermann-Friede will share key insights from the Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models, followed by an open Q&A.

Register before the session:

The Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models publication compiles over a decade of experience supporting impact-oriented water enterprises. It provides practical guidance on five proven business models: Household Water Filters, Water Kiosks, Mini Grids, Hand Pump Maintenance, and Rural Uti...

14/10/2025

Webinar: Scaling household water filter enterprises

Many water filter enterprises start with great promise, but few manage to scale sustainably. What makes the difference between a successful pilot and a viable business?

Join us on 30 October 2025 at 15:00 CET for the first session in our new Scaling Blueprints webinar series.
Author Janek Hermann-Friede will present key findings from the Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models publication, highlighting lessons for entrepreneurs, funders, and impact investors.
A guest entrepreneur from the sector will share reflections from the field.

The Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models publication compiles over a decade of experience supporting impact-oriented water enterprises. It provides practical guidance on five proven business models: Household Water Filters, Water Kiosks, Mini Grids, Hand Pump Maintenance, and Rural Uti...

09/10/2025

Webinar Announcement:

The problem in the water sector is not a lack of solutions. It is scaling the ones that already exist.
Across the globe, hundreds of entrepreneurs are building viable water supply enterprises but only a few achieve scale. Why? And how exactly?

Drawing on more than a decade of experience, we analysed what it takes to scale some of the most common water supply business models, from household water filters and kiosks to mini grids and hand pump maintenance. The results are compiled in our publication Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models.

To make these insights accessible, we are launching a short webinar series, each session dedicated to one business model and its key success factors.

The first webinar will take place on 30 October 2025, hosted by Janek Hermann-Friede, author of the publication.
Learn more and register here:

The Scaling Blueprints of Water Supply Business Models publication compiles over a decade of experience supporting impact-oriented water enterprises. It provides practical guidance on five proven business models: Household Water Filters, Water Kiosks, Mini Grids, Hand Pump Maintenance, and Rural Uti...

08/10/2025

We are thrilled to welcome an incredible group of Next Generation Sanitation Enterprises from Kenya and Uganda into the cohort of the SanUp Programme, a technical assistance initiative powered by the UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) and implemented by Cewas.

These SMEs are at the forefront of delivering innovative, sustainable, and scalable sanitation solutions in East Africa. Over the coming months, they’ll receive tailored technical assistance, catalytic funding opportunities, and strategic support to grow their impact and investment readiness.

🌍 Together, we’re building the next generation of sanitation leaders and shaping a stronger, more inclusive sanitation economy for all.

Stay tuned as we share their journeys and help us cheer them on! Full list on https://san-up.creation.camp/enterprises