WSUP’s work in Ghana has evolved from community-level interventions to a national-scale transformation that is now shaping utility performance, municipal financing, and governance systems, reaching more than 14 million people. This year, our partnership enabled households to gain new or improved water connections, strengthened school WASH services, and advanced digital and operational reforms within utilities.
Working alongside Ghana Water Limited, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), and over 30 municipalities, WSUP delivered solutions that are locally managed, financially viable, and ready for sustained scale. Together with CWSA, we supported operational improvements to reduce non-revenue water, enhance water quality, modernise billing and revenue collection, and introduce a digital asset management system across the Western Region, with support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. We also invested in advancing women’s leadership through targeted training and mentorship programmes.
In the Ashanti Region, with support from The One Foundation, we deployed solar-powered water systems combining network extensions, storage, and treatment to improve energy efficiency and ensure reliable access to safe water for low-income communities. In partnership with the School Health Education Programme, we upgraded WASH facilities in 11 schools, providing disability-accessible toilets, separate facilities for boys, girls, and teachers, and changing rooms to support menstrual hygiene. Through a combination of mechanised boreholes, rainwater harvesting systems, and strengthened school health clubs, WASH practices improved for more than 7,000 students and teachers.
Digital transformation remained at the core of WSUP’s approach. The mWater platform, rolled out with CWSA, digitised asset mapping and system monitoring across seven water systems in the Western Region and is now being scaled by CWSA across 15 regions. mWater was also piloted in 16 schools, enabling real-time maintenance tracking and informing plans to integrate WASH indicators into national Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) for sector-wide monitoring.
Looking ahead, WSUP Ghana will deepen its focus on citywide sanitation, commercial sustainability, and data-driven governance.