Case Study - Providing access to affordable drinking water across Sub-Saharan Africa.
We built a mobile app that connects Majicom’s solar-powered kiosks with cashless, offline-friendly water access.
- Client
- Majicom
- Services
- Mobile app development, NFC integration, App payments
Overview
Social enterprise Majicom have generated sun-powered water purification and dispensing kiosks enabling access to clean water at a low cost.
The challenge
Based out of Cambridge University, changemakers Majicom had the vision and expertise to create systems to provide drinking water that is affordable, accessible, safe, and sustainable. Through research breakthroughs, Majicom developed a purification technology that harnesses sunlight to drive water purification. With this game-changing technology in place, the Maji Jua — a water purifying and dispensing kiosk — was developed.
The turning point
It became clear that a smartphone-integrated Maji Jua would be hugely beneficial to its users. Majicom leveraged Azuki’s expertise to turn their app concept into a production-ready solution. By building a user-friendly mobile app that integrates with the water dispensing kiosks, clean drinking water is just a tap away.
What we did
- Android
- NFC payments
- Offline-first UX
- IoT integration
A refreshing approach
In partnership with Majicom, we developed a mobile app that allows users to purchase credit and pay for water at the kiosk via NFC. By developing the app in parallel with the Maji Jua, dispensing water has become a seamless modern cashless transaction.
Due to intermittent internet access in many rapidly growing urban areas, the app is designed to work offline, meaning users can receive purified water regardless of connectivity.
The result
Majicom are delivering sustainable decentralised water ecosystems for rapidly growing populations and institutions across East Africa. The system reduces the cost of water by over 50% and aims to dispense 4 million litres of clean water a year by 2026.