Murendeni Mafumo on vision to ‘build Africa’s biggest public water social enterprise’
Mafumo’s dream was to create the means for all people to have access to clean- drinking water, and he is doing exactly that through his social enterprise, Kusini Water, writes Leonie Wagner
28 April 2024 - 00:00
Red wheelbarrows, specially made to carry water, line the wall of the head office of Kusini Water in Johannesburg. Founder and CEO of the social enterprise, Murendeni Mafumo, walks across the warehouse where blue pipes are scattered everywhere. Outside a laboratory, there are green bags filled with processed macadamia nut shells...
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