The Private Sector Was Already There: Why Africa Must Include Small and Medium Enterprises in the Sanitation Transformation.
By Dr. Amadou Gueye, Deputy Sherpa for the Republic of Senegal for the 2026 UN Water Conference
The entrepreneurs who kept sanitation moving
Before sanitation became a priority for private investment funds, public-private partnerships and major infrastructure programmes, thousands of entrepreneurs across the African continent were already providing essential services.
Photo courtesy of Erlend Ekseth.
