Flushh

26/02/2025

Published in impact entrepreneur. In this article our CEO & Founder, discusses why sanitation is one of the world's most pressing problems and what makes it so difficult to solve.

Additionally, he shares more on the Namibian local context and how the insights we have learned at Flushh can help other practitioners in this sector move forward.

Rethinking sanitation for underserved communities in Namibia

11/02/2025

Impact Measurement

One of the most important things that we do at Flushh.co is keep track of how our activities are leading to our desired outcome.

Since we are still an early stage social enterprise, measuring our impact in an affordable and reliable manner is key. That is why we use lean data approaches to provide our funding partners information on our impact. Below, I’ll share three of the key things that we track and what we learn from them.

Time Saved.

Firstly, we always conduct baseline surveys for our household customer segments before they receive our eco-toilets. One of the questions we ask is “how long do you currently spend walking to use the bush or communal pit latrine.” The answer to this question gives us insight on how much economic time we are saving these women led households. Last year, it was an estimated 240 hours per household of time saved annually. That is time that can be used for other productive tasks such as farming or taking care of their children.

Toilet Waste Safely Collected.

Secondly, each week we safely collect the toilet waste from our eco-toilets that are at schools, households or community events. Our sanitation workers measure the weight of each drum before we transport it to our facility to transform it into organic fertilizer. By doing this, we can easily quantify how much waste we have safely prevented from polluting the environment through open defecation. Interestingly enough, it also gives us a rough understanding of often the eco-toilets are being used. More waste, means that they are using it more often.

Water Saved

Finally, Namibia is a dry and arid country making water a precious and limited resource. The number one advantage of our eco-toilets is that they are waterless. This might sound simple but to measure this impact we use a proxy from existing research. One eco-toilet saves an estimated 54,750 liters of water annually. For low income households this Translates to an annual amount saved of $711.75 in water related expenditures.

For us, it is evident to see that our work is leading to healthier communities and increasing access to adequate sanitation. These are the things that our funders also want to see— that we are putting their money to good use.

I want to hear from you. What are you measuring in your life or in your organization to know that you’re moving forward?

18/11/2024

Flushh is a social enterprise based in Namibia that is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of eco-toilets for healthier communities.

09/11/2024

Listen Now 📻:
Episode 1 “How To Dance With Toilets”

Click here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dJLu8qTZoqnnk9SL85NLn?si=-xI6A3PhRaGRN60D_2ZPmQ&t=4

ℹ️About the podcast:
How to dance with the system is a podcast that tries to provide creative ideas to some of life’s challenging situations.

How To Dance with the System · Episode

31/10/2024

Our Impact To Date:

I’m happy to share a quick snapshot of our impact in 2024.

12 full time jobs created in last mile base of the pyramid communities as technicians, sanitation workers and field assistants. This is a particularly important number to share since Namibia has a growing youth unemployment rate with 38%. Creating new meaningful jobs in underserved communities will continue to lift more people out of poverty.

Additionally, 70% of all jobs are held by women who are the bread winners in their homes. We have been very deliberate about this, because we understand how a lack of access to sanitation facilities disproportionately affects women and children. The more women leaders are working at Flushh, the more they can have a front row seat in implementing a solution that directly impacts their wellbeing.

We have safely removed more than 20,000 kg of toilet waste that would otherwise have been polluting the environment through open defection. When people p**p in the bush it causes bad smells and increases the risk of communicable diseases. When we transform the toilet waste into biochar, we ensure that people live in healthier communities.

Finally, 100% of households reported feeling more safe when going to the toilet instead of the bush. Resulting in 98% user satisfaction score and restoring dignity to marginalised communities. This impact is translating well to our bottom line as our earned income from households has increased by 4.16% from 2023 and 2024.

There’s a lot more to share but this is just a quick snapshot. 2025 is around the corner and we are gearing up to raise our largest round to date. I can only imagine the possibilities of what we will achieve next… Big tings only!

09/10/2024

Special Announcement 📣:

Flushh Selected for Silicon Valley based Accelerator 🚀

I’m happy to share that Flushh has been selected to be part of the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship cohort. Located at Santa Clara University, they fuse the entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley with the university’s heritage of social justice, community engagement, and global impact.

Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship has been a leader in the global social enterprise movement. With an emphasis on climate resilience and women’s economic power, they accelerate social entrepreneurship to end poverty and protect the planet, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Miller Center has served close to 1,500 social entrepreneurs based in over 100 countries that are impacting hundreds of millions of lives.

Finally, join me in celebrating this new partner. At the end of our 6 months programme, we will have a complete financial model that we can present to future impact investors.👏🏾

05/10/2024

Event Success Starts with Top-Notch Sanitation! 🚽

Don't overlook the importance of sanitation at your event.

Flushh.co provides state-of-the-art eco-friendly toilets that are clean, odor-free!

Create a positive experience for your attendees and ensure their comfort and dignity throughout the event.

Contact us for rentals! +264 817227368

At Flushh, we are on a mission to accelerate the adoption of eco-toilets in Namibia for healthier communities.


Our innovative waterless toilet is crafted from locally sourced and recycled materials, making it a sustainable solution for communities grappling with water scarcity.


We take pride in our zero waste sanitation system, where toilet waste is transformed into biochar, benefiting smallholder farmers and fostering a circular economy.

03/10/2024

Coming soon :🔜 👩🏾‍🌾

Small-holder farmers in Namibia 🇳🇦 will soon benefit from our eco-friendly fertilizer.

As we turn waste 💩♻️ into a resource 🌾 to complete our circular economy model.

This year, Namibia is going through one of the worst droughts in recorded history! All of our innovative solutions at Flushh such as our waterless toilets and organic fertilizer have the goal to ultimately increase the climate resilience of rural communities.

I’ve been working on this for many years and if I were you, I wouldn’t bet against me to fail. 🙏🏾 More big things coming soon…

At Flushh, we are on a mission to accelerate the adoption of eco-toilets in Namibia for healthier communities.


Our innovative waterless toilet is crafted from locally sourced and recycled materials, making it a sustainable solution for communities grappling with water scarcity.


We take pride in our zero waste sanitation system, where toilet waste is transformed into biochar, benefiting smallholder farmers and fostering a circular economy.

18/09/2024

Top 6 Startups in Namibia 🇳🇦

It is a huge honor to be featured as number 1 on this list. Thank you to Dana Leigh for taking time to shine a spotlight on our ecosystem players.

Finally, to our key stakeholders that are watching what’s next for Flushh, we have some exciting milestones for Q4 2024. A huge thanks to our investors such as Echoing Green and Youthadapt for making this growth opportunity possible. 🙏🏾

As we continue to explore the startup ecosystem of Africa, next up on the list is Namibia. Known for its vast desert, beautiful wildlife and being a key player in the diamond trade, Namibia is

17/09/2024

I want to share some lessons from working in underserved communities.

When I first started Flushh, I spent nearly 4 weeks interviewing people in my grandmother’s village. I would meet with people under the tree which provided great shade for us, and talk to them for 20 minutes to understand their problems.

Nearly 7 years later, we have not stopped this practice. It is a practice that puts humans first and gives those experiencing the problem an opportunity to be part of the solution. That is why I want to share a simple survey we conducted with households in a peri-urban community.

While interviewing this woman led household, we learned that she spends 30 minutes a day going to the bush 🌳 to find some privacy and place to relive herself when nature calls.

Sadly, the economic opportunity cost is huge! This adds up to 168 hours per annum that is wasted searching for a bush to defecate behind.

By talking to our customers, we found out that walking distance to a toilet/bush is a problem. And our solution to this problem, is that every household should have a toilet of their own.

Today I’m happy to share that Ms. Veronica now has an eco-toilet 🚽 at their house.

The more you talk to those affected by the problem, the more unique insights you will gain. That is why “Time Saved” is one of the impact metrics that we report on. Because our eco-toilet makes a difference in people’s lives.

More big news coming soon…