What we do
Solving Africa's water issues through manufacturing
Sunda Technology Global is a tech company dedicated to using the power of manufacturing to achieve a society where all 700 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to safe water.
VISION
Accomplish access to safe
water
for 700 million
people in rural Sub-
Saharan Africa
MISSION
Building a system of
independent villages
that
does not rely on external
support.
Challenges Facing
Uganda
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The daily task of
fetching water
from distant sourcesIn order to access water essential for daily life, children must travel to distant water sources, preventing them from being able to attend school and pursue their studies.
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Health issues caused
by unclean water,
including diarrheaEven when they manage to fetch water, many children suffer from diarrhea due to pathogens present in the water, and in the worst cases, this can lead to fatalities.
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Risks of rape
and dangers posed
by wild animalsDuring their journeys to collect water, individuals also face the risk of fatal attacks by wild animals or falling victim to rape, leading to unwanted pregnancies.
Solution
In order to establish continuous water charge collection and thus sustainable hand-pump operation, we have built an automated charge collection system that does not rely on “humans” as conventional hand-pump management. Switching payment and management method to mobile money improve the safety of money collection management. Charging according to the usage, increase fairness, and residents can now pay with peace of mind.
Hand
Pump
Mobile
Money
Sunda system configuration
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Pay for water
by Mobile
Money -
Inserting the tag into the
reader for ID verification -
You get water!
SUNDA server
Usage data for monitoring
hand-pump & Sunda units!
Members
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CEO
Aya Tsuboi
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Co-founder/Engineer
Ssebina Abdusalam
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Co-founder / Engineer
Samson Kasozi
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Co-founder / Accounting and General Affairs
Yoshiki Tanaka
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Project Manger/ Field Engineer
Victor Gakuru
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Field Maintenance Manager
Rogers Luyimbazi
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Quality assurance officer/ Stock management officer
James Mutyaba
Message
CEO
Aya Tsuboi
Toward the social
implementation of SUNDAThis idea of SUNDA was conceived with Ugandan villagers during my time in Uganda as a volunteer from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2018.
Many people in local villages were having trouble collecting fees to repair their broken hand pumps, and the District Water Office did not know what to do to this issue as a district. Because we developed this product in response to such voices, there are high expectations from the local communities. Also, as the number of installed units is gradually increasing, we have come to realize the importance and responsibility of being involved in the water infrastructure used by the local people. We will do our utmost to expand SUNDA as fast as possible, cooperating with people from around the world.
Recently, we have been working with Japanese engineering companies on the manufacturing part, which is the key to our expansion. Product design that meets local needs must be done by local engineers, but Japanese manufacturing know-how can help us to ensure stable quality. It is not an easy collaboration, but it is finally starting to work out. We are very excited about our journey ahead.
It is not easy at all to conduct manufacturing in Africa and solve Africa's water problems but we believe we can achieve this.
News
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news
A handover ceremony was held for 22 SUNDAs installed in a project with the Rotary Club.
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news
Sunda Technology Global attended a Japan-Uganda Science & Technology Forum (JUST Forum)
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news
Sunda Technology Global has been selected for AfDX(Africa DX Project) sponsored by Japan's the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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media
Sunda Technology Global was added onto the KYOTO START UP MAP
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media
The interview article, "Supporting Startups Aiming for Social Innovation in Developing Countries through Google's Accelerator Program" published
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news
Japanese ambassador in Uganda visited SUNDA office!!
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awards
The best award of the 11th Kyoshin Regional Entrepreneur Award
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media
Featured on NHK World program “Sharing the Future”
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news
Complete the seeding round funding
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news
468 supporters donated to our Crowdfunding! Thanks for your cooperation!
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news
A handover ceremony was held for 22 SUNDAs installed in a project with the Rotary Club.
-
news
Sunda Technology Global attended a Japan-Uganda Science & Technology Forum (JUST Forum)
-
news
Sunda Technology Global has been selected for AfDX(Africa DX Project) sponsored by Japan's the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
-
news
Japanese ambassador in Uganda visited SUNDA office!!
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news
Complete the seeding round funding
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news
468 supporters donated to our Crowdfunding! Thanks for your cooperation!
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news
Joining a JICA & UNDP Online Session AFRI-CONVERSE 2023 #02 as a speaker! ”Water resources and climate resilience: Enabling access to safe water for all in Africa
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news
『Global Sustainability Accelerator powered by Creww』 | SUNDA has been chosen by Google for Startups
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news
The total number of SUNDA installations has exceeded 100!
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news
Started collaboration with Junior Chamber International Japan SMILE by WATER project
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media
Sunda Technology Global was added onto the KYOTO START UP MAP
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media
The interview article, "Supporting Startups Aiming for Social Innovation in Developing Countries through Google's Accelerator Program" published
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media
Featured on NHK World program “Sharing the Future”
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media
Forbes JAPAN chose Ms. Tsuboi as one of "NEXT100 100 Ways of Hope to Save the World"
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media
Interviewed by the Entrepreneur Library of OSAKA INNOVATION HUB.
There is no notification.
Company info
| Name (Japan) | Sunda Technology Global. Co., Ltd. |
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| Date of establishment | March 17, 2020 |
| Name (Uganda) | Sunda Technologies Uganda Ltd. |
| Address | Nsangi, Kyengera Town Council, Wakiso, Uganda |
| Director | Aya Tsuboi, Kasozi Samson, Ssebina Abdusalam |
| Contact | info@sundaglobal.com |
| Business content | Manufacturing, sales, and service provision of the pay-as-you-go automatic Hand-pump water charge collection system “SUNDA” in Uganda, Africa |
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