In this episode: The business case for urban sanitation services in growing, low-income cities. 

Human shit: dealing with it is a fact of life for people living in growing cities in countries like Bangladesh and Kenya. Co-hosts Rose Nduta and Patrick Guyer get into the nitty-gritty of how businesses can provide needed sanitation services, and how business models can remain accessible to low-income consumers.

The Low-How visits Dhaka, Bangladesh to speak with Habibur Rahman, Sanitation Lead at Bopinc’s partner Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) as well as Muntasir Saqib Khan, Managing Director for Bopinc Bangladesh, about innovations and challenges in marketing sanitation as a business in cities across Bangladesh. We also hear from Rose about a similar project Bopinc supports in Kenya, and what we’re learning about how business can support universal access to sanitation in the world’s fast-growing cities. 

Want to learn more? 

• Bopinc worked with WSUP to pilot the SWEEP sanitation service in Bangladesh, with support from TRANSFORM. TRANSFORM is a joint initiative of Unilever, the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and EY. Read more about the project overall and what we learned from the pilot here. 
• Find out more about Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (known as MAWASCO) on their webpage. Bopinc’s work with MAWASCO is also supported by TRANSFORM, with the partnership of Sanivation and WSUP.
• Explore our approach and our projects on the Bopinc website.