Guest blogger
At the end of 2018 Andrew relocated to UK following 12 years in Ethiopia where he worked as a water engineer, consultant and entrepreneur. In 2008 he co-founded Desert Rose Consultancy PLC in Ethiopia, and is the innovator behind MINCH filters, a startup manufacturing a proudly Ethiopian product for the Ethiopian market since 2017. Andrew is passionate about creating markets for innovative products that low-income consumers desire, and which deliver social and environmental impact in their daily use.
Those of you who have been paying attention will recall that my first blog-post promised a story about certification for WASH products! At long last, here it is. Read more...
WASH businesses that are attempting to enter both water and sanitation markets worldwide are frequently not what you'd call "business as usual". Many of them are social enterprises started by passionate people who put people before profit and exist primarily to meet a specific challenge. Read more...
Since my first post about some first-hand experience of running a WASH business within the Ethiopian business framework I've been wondering how much of the challenges is due to being a foreign business. Maybe the thought occurred to a few readers. Read more...
Ethiopia is currently ranked 161st out of 190 countries for "Ease of Doing Business". My first post is about why that might be the case, and how the recent new government has the potential to have an impact as it seeks to harness the potential of the private sector. Read more...
