Uptime Global: Strategy to 100 Million
March 2026
Uptime Global is working to enable reliable drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030.
Uptime Global works with professional service providers, governments and development banks to scale results-based approaches that keep rural water systems working and safe over time.
Since 2020, these models have been scaled across multiple countries and are now being integrated into national programmes and development finance.
Key results
7+ million people benefiting from improved water services through Uptime direct and indirect support
80,000+ waterpoints monitored through performance systems
$10+ million in results-based payments disbursed by the Uptime Catalyst Facility
16 countries engaged through programmes and partnerships
How the model scales
Uptime Global advances the 100 million agenda through three reinforcing pillars:
Uptime Global supports governments and partners at each stage helping move rural water systems from short-term infrastructure projects toward sustained service delivery systems.
How Uptime contributes to scale
Direct support (payment for service delivery)
Direct funding to professional service providers through results-based contracts
Contracts administered by the Uptime Catalyst Facility
Includes contracts with to government co-funding
Indirect support (funded by others, Uptime-supported)
Advisory support to governments and Development Finance Institutions
Data systems, contract design and technical support
Influence use of large-scale public resources to adopt results-based models for sustainability
Together, these pathways allow lessons from early programmes to spread across countries and institutions.
What’s Next
The next phase focuses on embedding results-based rural water service models into government programmes and development finance by expanding impact to 10+ million people by 2026 and accelerating progress toward 100 million people by 2030.
