Communities are asking for clean water.
We deliver.
Compact, solar-powered water treatment systems — installed, managed, and monitored across Africa
The Water Crisis In Africa
These are not projections. This is happening right now.
children under five die every day from diseases caused by contaminated water and poor sanitation
UNICEF / WHO
children in Africa die every year from diarrhoeal diseases linked directly to unsafe water
WHO Africa Region
people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack basic safe water services
WHO / UNICEF JMP 2023
spent every day by women and girls in Africa walking to collect water instead of attending school or earning a living
UNICEF
experienced simultaneous cholera outbreaks across Africa between 2023 and 2025 — a crisis driven by contaminated water
WHO
is when sub-Saharan Africa is projected to achieve universal clean water access. In 2015, every nation committed to clean water for all by 2030 — the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6. Africa will miss this target by decades.
UN-Water / JMP
These girls walk for hours — only to bring home water that can make their families sick
Families drink from the same untreated water source as livestock
There is water — but it has never been treated. Would you drink it?
Their sacrifice is wasted if the water they carry home is contaminated
The Real Cost Of Dirty Water
Contaminated water does not just make people sick — it traps entire communities in poverty:
- —Children miss school because they are ill with cholera, typhoid, or dysentery — diseases carried in untreated water
- —Girls spend hours each day fetching water — and the water they bring home is contaminated anyway. Their sacrifice delivers nothing safe to drink
- —More than 70% of schools in parts of sub-Saharan Africa lack basic water services
- —Adults lose working days to waterborne illness, draining household income
- —Malnutrition worsens because diarrhoeal disease prevents children from absorbing nutrients
- —Healthcare systems are overwhelmed treating diseases that are entirely preventable — with treated water
The cycle repeats, generation after generation — until the water is treated.
Why Every Dollar Invested In Clean Water Returns $4 to $12
The World Health Organisation calculated that every $1 invested in clean water and sanitation generates a return of $4 to $12. This is not theory — it is measurable:
- —Healthcare costs drop because fewer people fall sick with preventable diseases
- —Children stay in school instead of lying in clinics or fetching water
- —Women and girls gain productive hours previously spent walking to water sources
- —Working adults lose fewer days to illness, increasing household income
- —Communities become economically stronger and more self-sufficient
Clean water is not charity. It is one of the highest-return investments in human development.
The Missing Piece: Water Treatment
Billions are spent bringing water to communities.
Almost nothing is spent making sure that water is safe to drink.
Governments, development banks, and aid organisations have spent billions of dollars on water supply across Africa — drilling boreholes, laying pipes, building dams, and constructing distribution networks. This is essential work. But supply is only half the problem.
A borehole delivers water. A pipe moves water from point A to point B. But neither of them makes that water safe to drink. The water that comes out of the ground or flows through those pipes can still carry bacteria, parasites, heavy metals, and chemical contaminants that cause cholera, typhoid, dysentery, and chronic illness.
This is the gap. Across sub-Saharan Africa, communities have water infrastructure — but the water itself is untreated and unsafe. The infrastructure exists. The treatment does not.
Where The Money Goes: Supply
- +The World Bank committed $1.58 billion to water access in Eastern and Southern Africa — focused on supply infrastructure
- +An estimated $114 billion per year is needed globally just to meet SDG 6 water and sanitation targets — the vast majority is earmarked for infrastructure, not treatment
- +Boreholes, pipelines, dams, distribution networks — all essential, all well-funded
Where The Money Is Missing: Treatment
- —Less than 30% of water supply in sub-Saharan Africa is treated before distribution (JMP/WHO)
- —Over 50,000 water points across Africa have been abandoned because maintenance and treatment were never funded
Rural communities are the most neglected — large treatment plants are built for cities, but villages get nothing.
Supply Without Treatment Costs Lives
When a borehole is drilled but the water is not treated, families drink contaminated water from a modern tap. They believe it is safe because it comes from infrastructure. It is not. Children still fall sick. The cholera outbreaks continue. The investment in supply fails to deliver the outcome it promised — safe water.
This is where Agri Platinum comes in. Our primary service is the one that is missing: compact, proven water treatment systems that take whatever water source exists and make it safe to drink. When a complete solution is needed — boreholes, storage, distribution, solar power — we provide that too. But treatment is what we do that almost nobody else does.
The water is there. We make it clean.
Compact Clean Water Treatment
Agri Platinum deploys proven, compact water treatment systems that convert contaminated water into safe drinking water. Solar-powered, low-maintenance, designed for African conditions — from rural villages to towns of 30,000 people.
Every installation is a complete solution: from water source to tap. We provide the boreholes, the treatment plant, the storage reservoirs, the distribution infrastructure, the solar power, and the trained local operators to run it all.
Solar Powered
Operates off-grid
Compact Design
Small footprint, rural settings
Locally Operated
Community members trained, jobs created
Remotely Monitored
Real-time camera and satellite monitoring
Complete Chain
Source to tap including storage and distribution
Proven Technology
Patented since 2008, multiple countries
Complete Sanitation: We Also Provide Sewerage Treatment
Untreated sewage contaminates the very water sources communities depend on for drinking water. Agri Platinum addresses both ends of the cycle — clean water in, treated waste out.
Three sewerage plant types are available, including a non-electrical option for areas without power. All produce treated water for irrigation and sludge for compost — eliminating bucket toilets, pit latrines, and open defecation that contaminate groundwater.
Proven Across Africa
Our systems are operating in South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia — from village scale to 3 million litres per day
Kaputa, Zambia
3 ML/day
Potable Water Treatment
Matsapha, Eswatini
4 ML/day
Potable Water Treatment
Kwamamba, Eswatini
2 ML/day
Potable Water Treatment
Sappi, South Africa
25,000 L/hour
Potable Water Treatment
Mganduzweni, South Africa
2 ML/day
Potable Water Treatment
Mashadza, South Africa
1 ML/day
Potable Water Treatment
Karino, South Africa
262,000 L/day
Potable Water Treatment
Lindley, South Africa
2 ML/day
Sewerage Treatment
Independent water quality testing verified — results available on request
Technology patented since 2008 (worldwide patent pending)
Investors can access real-time camera and systems monitoring
How We Work
Community Need Identified
A community, government official, or district leader contacts Agri Platinum with a request for clean water.
Site Assessment
Water source evaluation, quality testing, population study, and engineering feasibility — everything needed to design the right solution.
Funding Secured
Each project is matched to appropriate funding partners. A tailored proposal is prepared with full costings and implementation plan.
Installation
CCWT system built, installed, and commissioned. Local operators are recruited from the community and trained on-site.
Ongoing Management
Agri Platinum does not walk away. We employ and train local operators, supply specialised treatment chemicals monthly, monitor performance remotely via satellite and cameras, and conduct regular site visits.
Every installation is funded as a complete package — the plant, the infrastructure, the staff, the chemicals, and a minimum of two years of operations. We do not build monuments. We build working systems that stay working.
The Team Behind Agri Platinum
Decades of Africa experience. Proven delivery. On the ground.
Stanley Winterbach
Project Planning & Marketing
More than 30 years of experience across Africa, including working at government minister and governor level. Deep understanding of African cultures, languages, and rural communities. The connector who brings the right people together to deliver clean water where it is needed most.
Bryan Van Niekerk
Funding Strategist & Operations
PricewaterhouseCoopers background. Has secured international funding — including Swiss funding — for large-scale agricultural projects. Established and managed major operations across South Africa, Namibia, and Egypt. Knows how to structure funding proposals that get approved and deliver projects that perform.
Andre Laubscher
Technical Advisor
Five years managing CCWT water treatment installations at Sappi Forestry, a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Hands-on experience with system installation, operator training, maintenance, and community-level plant management in rural South African conditions. The man who has built and run these systems.
Active Across Africa
CCWT systems can be installed in any stable African country. Here is where we are working now.
Our systems can be installed in any stable African country where communities need clean water and funding can be secured.
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