Table 2 Description of VIA Water-supported ICT projects
Name of project
Short description
Lead innovator
Rwanda
1. Scaling mobile IT for
safe water enterprises
Builds an open-source IT platform for
safe water enterprises (SWEs) to be
able to monitor who purchases water
and where they live, how and how
well it’s delivered and how well it is
produced (water quality, volumes,
etc.)
dloHaiti
2. Pay your relatives’
water bills
Offers an online platform on which
Rwandan diaspora can pay various
services to benefit their relatives back
in Rwanda, making sure the money
sent by Rwandan diaspora will definitely pay water only. The payment
technology is integrated with the
public water company and the water
kiosks systems
Markets Merger Ltd
3. Storm forecasts for
Musanze
Helps city residents and farmers get
weather predictions with alerts on
floods and lightning on their phones.
The innovation works with innovative low-cost lightning data detectors
to track lightning strikes in an area
and produce alerts
Delft University of
Technology
Ghana
4. Self-billing and payment of water bills
Deploys a mobile phone-based billing system that will allow customers
of Ghana Water Company Limited
(GWCL) to self-bill and pay water
tariffs. Project further provides a
platform through a social control
check that will help prevent
non-revenue water losses
SkyFox Ltd
5. Knowledge building
through Water Technology Academy
Introduces so-called online Water
Technology Academy, allowing local
operators and technicians have 24/7
access to all the knowledge they need
to successfully fulfil their tasks. Users
can also use the academy to share
their knowledge mutually and easily
create a knowledge and experience
database
Empower People
6. GARV smart public
toilets
Introduces toilets that are regularly
maintained through self-cleaning
mechanisms and real-time monitoring and equipped with a biodigester
tank
SnapEX Overseas
7. Flash flood forecasting
app
Provides early warning for flooding
via state-of-the-art modelling
Royal HaskoningDHV
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Name of project
Short description
Lead innovator
Rwanda
1. Scaling mobile IT for
safe water enterprises
Builds an open-source IT platform for
safe water enterprises (SWEs) to be
able to monitor who purchases water
and where they live, how and how
well it’s delivered and how well it is
produced (water quality, volumes,
etc.)
dloHaiti
2. Pay your relatives’
water bills
Offers an online platform on which
Rwandan diaspora can pay various
services to benefit their relatives back
in Rwanda, making sure the money
sent by Rwandan diaspora will definitely pay water only. The payment
technology is integrated with the
public water company and the water
kiosks systems
Markets Merger Ltd
3. Storm forecasts for
Musanze
Helps city residents and farmers get
weather predictions with alerts on
floods and lightning on their phones.
The innovation works with innovative low-cost lightning data detectors
to track lightning strikes in an area
and produce alerts
Delft University of
Technology
Ghana
4. Self-billing and payment of water bills
Deploys a mobile phone-based billing system that will allow customers
of Ghana Water Company Limited
(GWCL) to self-bill and pay water
tariffs. Project further provides a
platform through a social control
check that will help prevent
non-revenue water losses
SkyFox Ltd
5. Knowledge building
through Water Technology Academy
Introduces so-called online Water
Technology Academy, allowing local
operators and technicians have 24/7
access to all the knowledge they need
to successfully fulfil their tasks. Users
can also use the academy to share
their knowledge mutually and easily
create a knowledge and experience
database
Empower People
6. GARV smart public
toilets
Introduces toilets that are regularly
maintained through self-cleaning
mechanisms and real-time monitoring and equipped with a biodigester
tank
SnapEX Overseas
7. Flash flood forecasting
app
Provides early warning for flooding
via state-of-the-art modelling
Royal HaskoningDHV
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