Digital Finance Plus in Action: Grundfos Water Stations

Publisher:
CGAP
Publication Date:
29 July 2014
Tags:
Africa, Water and Sanitation, Banking and Insurance

Grundfos uses water stations powered by solar energy to provide poor communities in Kenya access to clean water. People get their water from the Grundfos dispensers by using a pre-paid system token powered by mobile phones and mobile money accounts. Their token operates the water pump, and people add credit to it through their M-Pesa mobile wallet. One liter of water costs about 3 Ksh. "The mode of payment is free from corruption because there is no exchange of cash," notes Nickson Parmisa, Chief of Athi River North. The water pilot in Athi River, Kenya, is just one example of Digital Finance Plus: mobile money making utilities and services more accessible.

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