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About Us

The South African Sanitation Technology Enterprise Programme (SASTEP) is a national system of innovation platform that seeks to fast-track the adoption of innovative and emerging sanitation technologies in South Africa through fostering local manufacturing and commercialization. The core strategy of the programme is to support and empower sanitation innovators (technology partners) and sanitation entrepreneurs (commercial partners). The SASTEP approach is hinged on the formation of collaborative partnership with sanitation innovators and entrepreneurs to ensure the translation of suitable and appropriate sanitation technologies to the marketplace.

The programme was created by the Water Research Commission (WRC) in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), and the Bill and Melinda Foundation (BMGF) and with the support of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).

The programme is an operation vehicle of the WRC’s transformational vision SANiTi: Sanitation Transformation Initiative.

IMPEMENTATION & IMPACT MODEL FOR NEXT-GEN SANITATION

OUR VISION

“Upon conclusion of SASTEP, a rejuvenated South African sanitation industry should have emerged that not only creates jobs and contributes to the GDP but also is a global leader in the application of alternative sanitation technologies that provides everyone in South Africa with access to dignified sanitation that minimizes pollution, beneficiates wastes, and promotes health, safety and water security.”

OUR OBJECTIVES

  • Develop a demonstration platform to support both local & international sanitation technologies.
  • Integrate the emerging sanitation industry into existing national economic development and investment framework.
  • Facilitate and enable the uptake of new sanitation technologies and solutions with the aim of achieving at least 1% share of the sanitation market.
  • Support commercial partners to manufacture locally through matchmaking with investors and local manufacturing capacity.
  • Champion the proliferation of new sanitation technologies through policy advocacy, support and promoting successes.
  • Promote gender equality through all programme initiatives and interventions.
  • Document the business and service models that emerges from the localization and industrialization interventions.

OUR TEAM

Akin
Akinsete

Programme
Manager

Phillip
Majeke

Commercialisation Manager

Ednah Mamakoa

Technical
Officer

Alpheus Sebolaaneng

Programme Administrator

Dimpho
Legodi

Communications & Media Officer

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  • info@sastep.org.za
  • Lynnwood Bridge Office Park, Bloukrans Building, 4 Daventry Street, Lynnwood Manor Pretoria, 0081
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