Akvo water
We’re on a mission to make the water sector more sustainable, fair and climate resilient. We help water actors collect, analyse, share and reuse water data at scale and build custom digital platforms to drive decision making.
Accelerating progress towards SDG 6
Current challenges in the water sector require a radical shift in how water is governed, managed and valued from local to global scale, including a re-evaluation of human and natural water needs.
This starts by managing data and information as a common good. We envision a future where water data is accurate, open, shared, and reused to achieve maximum impact.

How Akvo can help
We offer data and technology services tailored to your needs and goals, and we bring in sector expertise and local presence to ensure that the work we do is contextually relevant and sustainable.
We help our partners to integrate data and insights from local (WASH service beneficiaries and/or water operators) to global level (national monitoring systems, SDG, JMP).
We support basin authorities and water resource managers to develop data management skills, connect with global monitoring systems, and use information to plan future interventions.
We systematically assess the maturity of data systems and help organisations to provide recommendations and roadmaps on how to effectively build capacity and streamline data flows.
We design and develop digital platforms and ecosystems tailored to specific needs, from impact monitoring to real-time WASH information systems.
What is your key challenge?
Speak to our team to find out how Akvo can help you with your data and technology needs.
Some of our water work
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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. […]
Innovative impact mapping using space technology -
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 […]
Custom WASH Management Information System for subnational water offices -
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 […]
Predicting floods and drought in the Niger river basin
Ebook: How to implement a water quality testing programme
A step-by-step guide for WaSH professionals.






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We apply the principles of open source software, open content and open data to all of our work.
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