For residents
A free, real-time citizen layer
Real-time, free information for residents on functioning taps, reducing the time — often hours a day — spent searching for working water sources.
Impact
Why it matters
The same sensor network that warns a utility of a leak — or of illegal consumption from a flowing unregistered tap — doesn't just detect leaks: it also proactively predicts leak tendency well before a leak happens, so crews know where to look first. The same data can tell a resident which tap is flowing, and give a ministry or regulator a summary-level view across registered utilities, without a second investment.
30–53%
of treated water lost to leaks before billing, across African utilities
$800M
estimated annual continental loss (African Water Association, 40 countries)
Oversight
A government and regulator portal
A ministry or regulator can view a summary of what is happening across the utilities registered under their jurisdiction — a country, or a state or region — without opening each utility's operational dashboard. That summary can include how many pipes sit at high leak tendency. The portal is distinct from the utility-facing dashboard and from the citizen-facing layer. It is a third output from the same sensor data: secure, discreet, and summary-level.
Against the status quo
Proactive, not periodic
Manual acoustic surveys remain the default across Africa — reactive, periodic, and labour-intensive. Maayan is built to be proactive, continuous, and affordable enough for utilities that could never afford global commercial platforms.
53%
of CAMWATER's own production reported lost (Director General, 2023)
42
leaks found in a single overnight patrol, Douala, January 2025
Our network
Organisations that support Maayan
Partners and institutions standing with us as we bring affordable water intelligence to African utilities and the communities they serve.
Recognition
Milestones
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
Meet the team
Four founders, one discipline each — building from Cameroon.