ENG. WILHELMINA ANTHONY MALIMA
🏆 INNOVATION CATEGORY
Professional Sanitary Engineer | WASH Innovator
With 25+ years of experience, Eng. Wilhelmina Malima is an ERB-registered Professional Civil–Sanitary Engineer advancing innovative, inclusive and sustainable WASH solutions across Tanzania.
🎓 MSc Sanitary Engineering – Rostov-on-Don State Building Academy, Russia
💡 HER INNOVATION IMPACT
💧 Smart Water Solutions
Solar pumping, gravity systems, protected springs, rope pumps & rehabilitation of existing schemes.
🚻 Sustainable Sanitation
Promoted twin-pit soak-away technology in Kojani, Pemba, addressing long-term faecal-sludge management where emptying services are limited.
🌱 Wastewater Innovation
Integrated treatment using settlers, ABR, planted gravel filters & French drainage for community and health-facility WASH.
🌸 MHH & Social Enterprise
Supported 10 IPOSA social enterprises producing reusable sanitary products and trained 1,014 adolescents in business & marketing.
⚽ Community Innovation
Turned football leagues into WASH action platforms, mobilising communities to maintain water sources and improve sanitation.
🤝 Innovation Through Governance
Strengthened community water organisations, making local ownership, management and maintenance part of the engineering solution.
🌍 HER INNOVATION PHILOSOPHY
“Innovation is not novelty for its own sake—it is creating solutions that are technically sound, affordable, maintainable, inclusive and sustainable.”
ENG. WILHELMINA MALIMA
💧 Innovating WASH solutions that communities can use, manage and sustain.
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