The Sio-Siteko and Mara wetlands don’t stop for a border. The Sio River rises in Kenya and crosses into Uganda before it reaches Lake Victoria. The Mara does the same in reverse – starting in Kenya’s Narok County, ending in the wetlands around Musoma, Tanzania. Three countries, one set of rivers, and until recently, no […]

Working with IDH, Akvo delivered the first full implementation of IDH’s Income Measurement Guidance tool for the palm oil sector – establishing Aceh, Indonesia’s first standardised living income baseline for smallholder palm oil farmers. Above: Enumerator interviewing women farmer in North Aceh

Impact Global Health’s R&D pipeline data has been tracked since 2019 and covers everything from early-stage candidates to approved health products – yet until recently, it lived scattered across five separate portals, each with its own dashboards and learning curve. To fix that, Akvo partnered with Impact Global Health to design and build a single, […]

Akvo has signed a landmark global Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with UNICEF to strengthen national WASH monitoring systems, build data capacity, and improve decision-making for water, sanitation, and hygiene programming worldwide. Building on ten years of partnership with UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Office, this agreement marks a new chapter – creating a global […]

As part of the global agreement between Akvo and UNICEF, a targeted initiative was launched in Puntland to modernise the Water Information Management System (WIMS), led by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Minerals (MoEMW). The goal: move from fragmented data collection toward a unified, sustainable platform that centralises water-related data, improving transparency and supporting […]

Tracking water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in health facilities is difficult enough when records sit in different forms and spreadsheets. In the Republic of the Marshall Islands, distance adds another layer: many facilities are on outer islands, travel is expensive, and checking a record in person can take time. Akvo is working with UNICEF North […]

As part of the global Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between Akvo and UNICEF, a collaborative initiative was launched in Chad to support the Ministry of Water and Energy (MEE) and the Centre de Documentation et d’Information Géographique (CDIG) to establish a centralised, digital data system. By moving beyond fragmented, paper-based reporting ecosystem, we are creating […]

As part of the global Programme Cooperation Agreement between Akvo and UNICEF, a strategic initiative was launched in Tanzania to strengthen the National Sanitation MIS (NSMIS), established in 2017 as the central repository for sanitation and hygiene data. Working with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the collaboration aims to move the system beyond a mere […]

Côte d’Ivoire produces 40% of the world’s cocoa – yet fewer than 5% of its farmers use organic compost. To close that gap, Akvo and i4Policy partnered with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Dutch Embassy in Abidjan to design a five-year roadmap for scaling organic compost across the Ivorian cocoa sector. Over six […]

African Bamboo is developing one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious long-term restoration programmes: a 40-year afforestation and bamboo-based agroforestry project that will ultimately expand to more than 19,000 hectares across Sidama and Oromia. The goal is to restore degraded highland ecosystems, regenerate native bamboo and tree cover, and strengthen community livelihoods through diversified income and future […]

The Global Coffee Platform (GCP) is a membership-based, multi-stakeholder initiative that unites coffee producers, traders, roasters, NGOs, and governments around one vision: A thriving and sustainable coffee sector for generations to come. Their mission is to promote farmers’ prosperity, improved well-being and conservation of nature, and by 2030, they aim to achieve transformational change on […]

To support local governments in Kenya on their journey toward digital transformation, Akvo Kenya Foundation and VNG International collaborated to develop a Digital Maturity Index (DMI) tool. The DMI provides a structured framework for assessing digital capabilities across different service sectors within a local government – as well as the overall institutional level. Through standardised […]

In 2025, Akvo Kenya Foundation played a central role in accelerating food systems transformation by facilitating the Kenyan engagement in the Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) Food Systems E-Course. Developed in partnership with Wageningen University & Research (WUR), this dynamic and practical learning experience equipped professionals with systems thinking tools to strengthen food value chains, nutrition, […]

To empower data-driven agricultural development across Africa, AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) sought to improve the accessibility and usability of its diverse data assets. Akvo partnered with AGRA to design and prototype AgraStat – a centralised data hub that consolidates fragmented data sources into a unified, interactive platform built on CKAN, an […]

Indonesia’s mangrove ecosystems are critical to climate resilience, biodiversity, and coastal livelihoods. Yet, data on mangrove rehabilitation is fragmented across ministries and agencies, making coordination and progress tracking difficult. To address this, the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs (Kemenko-Marves), in collaboration with Deltares (technical lead) and Akvo (supporting partner), led the design phase […]

Access to safe drinking water, hygiene, and sanitation remains a major challenge in Haiti. To improve coordination and decision-making in the sector, the Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l’Assainissement (DINEPA), through its national observatory ONEPA, created the Système intégré d’Informations sur l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement (SIEPA)—a national platform to centralise and manage data […]

Across the globe, 160 million children are trapped in child labour, denied their right to education, safety, and play. In sub-Saharan Africa, this crisis continues to grow, particularly in the realm of domestic work, where children, especially girls, are among the most vulnerable. In response to this, the project “Breaking the chains of exploitation of […]

To help close the living income gap for smallholder farmers, IDH partnered with Akvo to develop the Income Driver Calculator (IDC) – a user-friendly, web-based tool that enables companies to make data-driven decisions in their supply chains. The IDC uses aggregate data to assess income gaps, model intervention scenarios, and set income targets for different […]

The IWSIMS pilot project has been designed to address fragmented data management in Fiji’s water and sewerage sector. By integrating a modular, scalable system tailored to Fiji’s needs, the project supports the country’s regulatory compliance, service delivery, and climate resilience objectives. Through this pilot, co-financed by the Partners for Water programme, we will explore the […]

Indonesia, an archipelago with over 54,000 kilometers of coastline, is highly exposed to the effects of climate change due to its location at the confluence of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its 84,000 villages across 38 provinces contain immense socio-economic and environmental diversity, necessitating tailored climate resilience approaches.  In collaboration with the World Bank and […]

The Kingdom of Eswatini is vulnerable to droughts, threatening agriculture, water security, and livelihoods across the country. As climate change intensifies drought conditions, it is more critical than ever to have accurate, validated, and contextualised insights to guide preparedness and response. To address this, Akvo is developing and operationalising an integrated drought monitoring system for […]

The Sundarbans in India, home to 2.79 million people, faces immense challenges from climate change, frequent cyclones, and acute poverty, which exacerbate water security issues. This fragile ecosystem, where surface water and groundwater interact intricately, demands a systems-based, landscape approach to water management that factors in competing needs for drinking water, sanitation, and agriculture. To […]

When Persea mites tore through avocado orchards in Murang’a County this year, threatening up to a 50% drop in yield, farmers had almost nowhere to turn for reliable information on how to respond. Within 30 minutes of learning a prevention guide existed but wasn’t reaching farmers, Agriconnect had it live and accessible to every farmer […]

Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) are among the most susceptible areas to the climate crisis, leading to food insecurity, poverty, and conflict. This project, led by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya, brings together the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA), VNG International, and Akvo to stimulate investment in Kenya’s ASALs. By […]

In Guatemala, inequities in access to quality water supply, safe sanitation facilities, and improved nutrition lead to poor health outcomes, especially for Indigenous populations that live in rural areas. USAID’s Integrating Water, Sanitation and Health Services (I-WASH) programme focuses both on improving the public WASH sector and the governance and management of water resources. IWASH […]

Practicing open defecation (OD) is associated with multiple potentially lethal diseases and illnesses that particularly affect children under the age of 5. Diseases and illnesses include: acute diarrhea, vector-borne diseases, and respiratory infections. All of which may cause stunted growth, malnutrition, and death. Today in Colombia, 1.3 million people practice OD. Since 2020, the Government […]

As a flagship programme of Rabobank, Acorn’s mission is twofold: improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers while simultaneously combating climate change through agroforestry. Agroforestry is a practice of land management which encourages the cultivation of trees along with agriculture crops. Over time, this practice can improve the quality of the soil as well as the […]

Water Footprint Implementation provides insights and solutions to organisations and government agencies that want to reduce their water footprints. We partnered with WFI to co-design a Water Footprint Compensation Platform that will allow organisations to compensate their water footprints by supporting water projects around the world. Above: Photo by frimufilm on freepik.

The PMERSA project aimed to strengthen food security in the Maradi region of Niger by sustainably increasing agricultural output and productivity through the mobilisation of surface and ground water resources. Funded by the African Development Bank and in partnership with Blackshore, we mapped the impact of the project using innovative space technology and gamification techniques. […]

The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is a non-profit organisation that works to improve the sustainability of the tea industry. ETP works with tea producers, retailers, and NGOs to improve working conditions, increase productivity, and promote sustainability in the tea sector. To achieve this goal, ETP has developed an impact framework to measure and track progress […]

Invest International is a financing institution that invests in Dutch solutions for global challenges. Their investments and project development activities contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to the Dutch economy. Akvo supported them by developing an organisational Theory of Change to map how the institution’s strategies contribute to impact in these two areas.  […]

Carble helps coffee brands reduce their carbon footprint by rewarding coffee farmers for the carbon they store in forest canopies. In order to monitor carbon storage, as well as how farmer livelihoods are impacted by these carbon-payments, Carble needs reliable data on carbon storage, income, and the living income gap. Together with Carble, Akvo piloted […]

Nestlé, JDE Peet’s, and the USAID Green Invest Asia project have recently launched a joint carbon footprint initiative for two important global Robusta origins in Vietnam and Indonesia. This is part of an unprecedented partnership between the two biggest coffee buyers in the world and ten of their supply chain partners. The carbon assessment is […]

The WASH SDG programme is a consortium of Dutch NGOs dedicated to sustainably improving water, sanitation, and hygiene services for more than two million people in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its three-pronged approach consisted of increasing demand for improved WASH services, improving the quality of service provision, and improving governance of […]

Niamey is the capital of Niger, located on the Niger River in the far west of the country. It had 1,802,910 inhabitants in 2018, making it the most populous city in Niger. The city has five communes and is constituted as an urban community called the Communauté Urbaine de Niamey (CUN). With a view to […]

The Neer Tamba project aims to improve the living conditions and incomes of almost 200,000 rural households that are among the poorest in Burkina Faso, enabling them to increase their autonomy and expand their role in building economic and social sustainability. The project focuses on: Strengthening resilience to climate change at the household, farm and village levels through […]

The Niger Basin Authority (NBA) is an intergovernmental organisation that promotes cooperation between member states (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad) and contributes to the improvement of living conditions in the basin through the sustainable management of water resources and associated ecosystems. Together with partners, Akvo is looking into […]

In the Netherlands, 60% of the population is raised in an urban environment, detached from nature. The IVN Tiny Forest programme aims to reconnect city people with nature. Tiny forests are densely vegetated indigenous forests, the size of a tennis court, in urban areas. Such forests attract insects, birds and small mammals, while children from […]

Through the FSM Immunisation Programme, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Government is targeting 70% of the population to be vaccinated in order to boost public health and open up borders. One of the target groups for vaccination is adolescents in schools. The FSM is one of the first countries in the world to receive […]

Fairtrade International is a global organisation working towards fairer trade for farmers and workers in developing countries. Partnering with more than 1.8 million farmers globally, the Fairtrade strategy and monitoring system needs to be plausible, relevant, and co-owned by working groups and producer networks. Akvo supported Fairtrade with the review and development of the organisational […]

The government of Kenya needs a way to effectively monitor sanitation and hygiene facilities nationwide. Akvo is developing an integrated Real Time Management Information System (RTMIS) to collect, analyse and visualise all sanitation and hygiene data in both rural and urban Kenya, allowing the Ministry of Health to improve sanitation and hygiene for citizens nationwide.  […]

The Adaptation Fund awarded the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) a five year grant to address pressing water security and coastal resilience concerns across the four states and six offshore islands of Micronesia. The most important initiatives include legislative and policy reforms, the implementation of water harvesting and storage systems in the states of Yap, […]

Smallholder farmers currently face a funding gap of around USD $170 billion, which has huge implications for the sustainability of global food chains as well as the environment. IDH Farmfit is a private-public initiative to break the cycle of rural poverty by giving smallholder farmers better access to markets. By supporting companies and banks that work […]

Burkina Faso is undergoing a major crisis due to the intensification of armed groups’ activities, inter-community tensions, food and nutrition insecurity, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The security crisis has led to the displacement of more than one million people since 2017, with more than two million people becoming increasingly dependent on humanitarian assistance. Together with […]

A coalition of European country partners are working towards sourcing only certified and sustainable cocoa for the European market, as well as reducing deforestation, stimulating education for future generations, and providing a living income for cocoa growers. Akvo has developed a common reporting tool for the platform members and an IT-solution to help them assess progress towards their goals.

Burkina Faso is undergoing an extreme socioeconomic crisis due to armed conflicts. Attacks by extremists and a patchwork of other armed groups have now uprooted one million people, displacing farmers from their land and leaving crops rotting in fields and granaries. These internally displaced persons (IDPs) live in close quarters and have weakened immunity due […]

NKG Bloom is a global programme of the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) and The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH). It was developed to improve smallholder coffee farmer’s livelihoods by providing access to finance, technology, inputs, and capacity training – all needed to optimise and sustain coffee production in the coming years. In order to measure the […]

Building a custom monitoring and evaluation (M&E) portal for 2SCALE 2SCALE is the largest incubator for agribusiness in Africa. Working with a range of companies and farmer groups, 2SCALE enables farmers to increase their income while reducing harm to the environment. In order to streamline 2SCALE’s monitoring and evaluation efforts, Akvo built an M&E portal […]

Solomon Islands is a nation of 900 mountainous and volcanic islands. Of the 600 inhabited islands, only 345 have health care facilities (HCFs). In total, 355 HCFs serve the country’s population of 620,000. In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) teamed up with UNICEF, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […]

In Mali, SOMAGEP (SOciété MAlienne de GEstion de l’Eau Potable), World Waternet and Akvo teamed up to digitise water quality testing and improve the management of drinking water distribution systems.

Watershed (2016 – 2020) is a strategic partnership under the dialogue and dissent programme of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs (DGIS), in which four Dutch NGOs work together with civil society organisations (CSOs) in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana, and Mali.   In Uganda, the Watershed programme has been working to improve […]

Access to safe sanitation is a major challenge in Mauritania. According to JMP 2019, only 22 percent of the rural population and 67 percent of the urban population had access to an improved sanitation facility in 2015…

In 2018, together with the Ministry of Water Resources in Sierra Leone and UNICEF, we set out to implement a country-wide water quality testing system to identify the levels and root causes of water contamination, implement strategies to treat the cause, and monitor the success of the programme at large.

Since 2015, UNICEF Pacific and Akvo have supported the government of Solomon Islands in conducting multiple national baselines relating to different aspects of WASH coverage.

Together with UNICEF Pacific and the World Health Organisation (WHO), Akvo is supporting the government of Fiji to streamline their data processes and ensure targeted programmes and policies for the areas that need support so that they can achieve SDG 6.

In Puruna Chhatrapur, Watershed supports rural communities in generating evidence about the status of WASH services so that they can advocate for better representation of their needs in village planning.

A community based monitoring system has been established in the Kafa Biosphere Reserve in order to protect the ecosystem, preserve traditional cultivation methods, and improve the living conditions of the local citizens.

In Kenya, Akvo is involved in piloting a citizen science approach to water quality. Using Akvo’s data platform, citizens are monitoring the health of Nairobi’s rivers in order to gather critical information for evidence-based advocacy.

In collaboration with national governments and international NGOs, Akvo has mapped water points across West Africa and contributed to the creation of open data portals where this information is openly shared.

Indonesia’s government are aiming for food self-sufficiency by improving farm techniques, promoting climate-smart agriculture, improving efficient use of inputs, and increasing the knowledge of farmers on Good Agriculture Practices.

Universal access to safe and affordable drinking water is still a challenge. In remote areas of Bali, E. coli is a common contaminant, and timely, accurate and reliable water quality data is hard to come by.

Acacia is a groundwater consultancy firm with a mission to improve the access to clean and safe water worldwide using smart, sustainable and practical solutions. With projects around the globe, Acacia puts the owners and users of water, from governments and citizens to villagers and village elders, at the forefront.

ICCO cooperation is a global non-governmental organisation that provides financial support and advice to local organisations that work for better access to basic facilities, sustainable development, and peace and democracy.

UTZ work to create a world in which sustainable farming is the norm. In an effort to make the hazelnut sector sustainable, UTZ and Akvo teamed up to digitise the survey for hazelnut certification and set up a data collection process to monitor compliance.

Launched in November 2015, the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is an emergency fund set up by the European Union to address destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration in three regions of Africa: Sahel and Lake Chad, Horn of Africa and North of Africa.

In collaboration with national governments and international NGOs, Akvo has mapped water points across West Africa and contributed to the creation of open data portals where this information is openly shared.

Watershed is a strategic partnership under the dialogue and dissent programme of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs (DGIS), in which four Dutch NGOs work together with civil society organisations (CSOs) in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana, and Mali.

Watershed is a strategic partnership under the Dialogue and Dissent programme of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which four Dutch non-governmental organisations work together with civil society organisations in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana and Mali.

The 9 country programme is part of the current regional programme with the UNICEF Western and Central Africa Regional Office. The programme aims to accelerate national and subnational WASH monitoring for the improved management and delivery of water and sanitation services in nine West and Central African countries.

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation initiates programmes to alleviate poverty across the globe. Their smart water for agriculture (SWA) programme aims to save water and energy in farming practices across selected counties in Kenya.

Tiipaalga, meaning ‘new tree’ in the local Moore language, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Burkina Faso. Tiipaalga works with families in the arid Sahel region to improve their living conditions sustainably and independently, while promoting reforestation.

Since 2014, the International Water Stewardship Programme, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit on behalf of the UK’s Department for International Development and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development…

Enabel, formerly BTC, is the Belgian development agency. Implementing the development cooperation programmes of the Belgian government, they support development projects around the globe to eradicate poverty.

Funded by USAID, AECOM recently implemented a Livestock for Growth project, with the aim of increasing inclusive livestock sector growth by improving animal health and weight, expanding market access and including historically marginalised groups in value chain development.

During the prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa, in early 2017, Akvo and IRC were contracted by UNICEF Ethiopia to collect water point functionality data in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

The 2015 earthquake dealt a devastating blow to Nepal. Its rugged terrain made the relief and recovery work extremely challenging for the government and humanitarian sector.

The Pani programme, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is aimed at addressing the adverse effects of climate change and population growth in three river basins and 25 watersheds in Nepal.

The World Bank has contributed to the water and sanitation sector in India since 1991. It has also partnered with the government in order to ensure better delivery of water, sanitation and health (WASH) services to citizens.

The government of India embarked on an ambitious programme in 2014 with the goal of making India open defecation free by 2019. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), part of a prominent development network in India, initiated an ambitious sanitation programme in order to contribute to the overall efforts of this mission.

Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), founded by Azim Premji, focuses on improving local governance by strengthening community and civil society groups to implement holistic development plans.

The World Vegetable Center is an international nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. This project sets out to reduce malnutrition in the target provinces in Cambodia, in particular of women and children.

The World Vegetable Center is an international nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. This project sets out to reduce malnutrition in the target provinces in Cambodia, in particular of women and children.

The Empower Youth for Work programme, initiated by Oxfam, aims to reduce poverty in rural coastal areas by empowering youth, especially young women, to seek and obtain decent work.

GREENCoffee is a public private partnership of ten partners from the Netherlands and Vietnam, all working to ensure a sustainable future for coffee farmers in Vietnam.

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) mitigates environmental degradation and rural poverty by encouraging the adoption of regenerative farming practices.

The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is a multi-stakeholder platform established in 2011 to promote resource efficiency and sustainability in trade flows, production and consumption operations, and supply chains in the global rice sector.