A short interview.
Bernard Verburg has been closely involved with WaterStarters since he joined MegaGroup. In this short piece he answers five questions about why the project matters to a water technology company, and what he has learned along the way.The core of it.
- Water technology only earns its keep when it stays working. A franchise that gives the community a reason to keep it running is a better home for the technology than a project that is handed over and forgotten.
- Partnership with Amref Health Africa turns a water system into a health outcome, which is the whole reason the technology exists.
- Financial sustainability, through the FRS revenue split and blended finance, is what makes the model repeatable rather than a one off.
The full interview is a short read. The through line is that a good water business is one where every stakeholder has a reason to want it to succeed.