The Toilet Board Coalition: Action Accelerator connects small and medium sized entrepreneurs in the sanitation field with global business leaders and investors.
This program does not come with monetary award, but instead provides one year of in-kind support through:
- Global and local mentorship from business leaders
- Access to investments and strategic partnerships through the Investor Forum and Investment Council
- Access to the business intelligence of the Toilet Board Coalition global platform
- Opportunities for brand building and membership to the Coalition
Applications are due by April 30, 2024.
Eligibility
This program is open to small and medium sized entrepreneurs providing services to low-income customers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Businesses should be working in a field such as:
- Building, operating, maintaining and/or providing toilets
- Collecting, storing, transporting and/or treating solid waste
- Monitoring sanitation infrastructure and deriving insights including preventive healthcare
- Sustainable menstruation health and hygiene, diapers and other products
Program Goal
This program is working toward U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 6.2:
“By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.”
Business Criteria
The Coalition is looking to work with businesses that meet these criteria:
- Emerging & Frontier Markets – Serving low-income customers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
- Scalable – Connected to the full value chain of sanitation service delivery and ready to scale up their business model
- Innovative/ Replicable – Product or service is original and inventive and/or can be duplicated in other places
- Market Based – Commercially viable and profitable
