Qnet Limited, the global e-commerce based direct selling company says it is contributing to provide access to safe drinking water across Africa.
Mr Biram Fall, QNET Regional General Manager for sub-Saharan Africa disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos in commemoration of the World Water Day.
The Business intelligence Africa (TBI Africa) reports that the international event is tagged: ““Water Security for Peace and Development”.
According to him, Africa will be – for the first time ever – home to the World Water Forum till Saturday being held in Dakar Senegal and attended by a variety of stakeholders including QNET.
Fall said the 9th edition of the international event had pulled together stakeholders to strategise on how to promote and implement actionable responses and tactics for water sanitation in an integrated way.
The general manager said that the firm was participating to showcase existing solutions to safe drinking water through the HomePure Complete Water Filtration System.
Quoting a 2015 research paper published by UNICEF, Fall said that currently, 11 per cent of the global population still lacked access to clean water, one of humans’ most basic needs.
He said that in Sub-Saharan Africa, only 61 per cent of the population had access to safe drinking water.
“In Nigeria a recent survey, by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated 63 million people lack access to safe drinking water and are exposed to waterborne diseases – such as cholera and typhoid – making it the world’s third largest population without adequate drinking water supply.
“One of QNET’s global strategies is to provide awareness on how best to access safe drinking water, and participation at the Water Forum aims to contribute to the reflection on water security for the Africa population,” he said.
Commenting on QNET’s participation at the forum organised by the World Water Council (WWC) and the Government of Senegal, Fall stressed that economic and environmental concerns related to climate change have highlighted the decreasing availability of quality water supply in certain countries.
According to him, such is the situation in countries which have low budgets for water treatment, especially in Africa.
While households may not be able to control these factors, they can control the quality of water in their homes and we aim to be part of the solution.
HomePure understands that water quality varies depending on the location.
According to him, based on research, there are two major water quality problems to-date; notably fine sediment and hard water.
“These factors prevent most water filtration systems from working at optimum performance,” Fall added.
He added that the HomePure solution addresses this challenge via a unique eco-friendly 9-stage water filtration system.
“This eliminates harmful bacteria and viruses, improves taste and turns tap water to Pi-water – with no need for electricity – which is hard to come by for many African homes.
“The system, which also removes fine sediments from tap water and decreases its hardness level, can easily be installed and deployed – to offer clean and nourishing water to households and communities, ” he said.
Fall said that safe drinking water challenges faced by many families in Nigeria has reached a tipping point – and calls for creative thinking and solutions from stakeholders.
“In Nigeria, more than 130,000 children die of water-related diseases such as cholera and diarrhea annually. Moreover, to have access to safe drinking water in the country is an expensive challenge for many.
“An average family in Lagos – for example expends a sizable portion of their income on just access to safe drinking water. This is by no means sustainable, hence the need for a more sustainable approach.”
The Forum provides a unique platform for the world’s water community and key decision makers to collaborate and make long-term progress on global water challenges.
The World Water Council, notably through the organization of the World Water Forums, has strongly contributed to positioning water as a global political priority.
QNET Limited is a Hong Kong-based multi-level marketing company with distributors spread across the Middle East, South and East Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and Europe. The company produces a range of products including energy, weight management, nutrition, personal care, home care and fashion accessories on an e-commerce platform.
The World Water Forum is the largest international event on water co-organised every 3 years by the World Water Council and a host country in a city that hosts it for a week.
“The 6th World Water Forum took place in Marseille in 2012.while the last one in Brazil in 2018 brought together tens of thousands of participants and is currently being held in Senegal in March 2022.
The Forum provides a unique platform where the water community and key decision-makers including politicians, multilateral institutions, academia, civil society and the private sector can collaborate and establish long-term action plans on water challenges around the world.
