Clean Team Ghana

What Clean Team Ghana does

Clean Team Ghana Limited is a privately held social enterprise founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tafo-Nhyiaeso, Kumasi, Ghana, with a secondary operational site in Obuasi. The company designs, installs, and services household sanitation systems for low-income urban families who lack access to safe in-home toilets. Its product portfolio comprises three interconnected offerings: Container-Based Sanitation (CBS), which provides a household toilet with periodic waste collection and processing; Bio-Digester Toilets, which use biological processes to break down waste into biogas or compost; and a Waste Emptying (Waste Collection) service supporting both product lines.

The business operates on a sales-led, direct-to-household go-to-market model within underserved neighborhoods of Kumasi and Obuasi, using a local field force of more than 70 Ghanaian staff. Pricing is quote-based and structured around monthly recurring service fees, aligning the company with a subscription-like revenue model tied to ongoing waste collection. Customer acquisition relies on direct outreach, a basic website funnel, and community events such as the World Toilet Day 'Sanitation for Peace' campaign with Obuasi West Municipal and Obuasi East Municipal authorities.

Clean Team Ghana is founder-led under CEO Samuel Opoku, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company. The strategic posture articulated publicly is that of becoming a self-sustaining social enterprise while expanding to Accra and other Ghanaian cities. No AI/ML, software platform, or integration capabilities are disclosed; the company's differentiation rests on its physical sanitation technology, community-rooted distribution, and locally embedded operations team.

Name

Clean Team Ghana

Legal name

Clean Team Ghana Limited

Website

https://cleanteamtoilets.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Clean Team Ghana is a Ghanaian social enterprise founded in 2012 that installs and services container-based and bio-digester household toilets, plus waste collection, for low-income families in Kumasi and Obuasi.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Household Sanitation Services

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Portable Toilet Rental & Servicing (BPALAMAF)

Keywords

• Household sanitation services
• Container-based sanitation
• Bio-digester toilets
• Waste collection services
• Low-income sanitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kumasi

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sanitation Services: Revenue generated from providing sustainable household sanitation solutions including Container-Based Sanitation and Bio-Digester Toilet installations and maintenance services to low-income families in Kumasi and Obuasi.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Clean Team Ghana installs and maintains safe, affordable in-home toilets for low-income urban households, primarily through Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) units with regular waste collection and Bio-Digester Toilet systems that biologically treat waste on-site. The company operates a subscription-style service in which customers receive a household toilet plus scheduled waste emptying and processing across Kumasi and Obuasi.

Product overview

Clean Team Ghana is a social enterprise providing sustainable household sanitation solutions for low-income families in Ghana. The company operates a portfolio of three interconnected services: Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) for regular toilet waste collection and processing, Bio-Digester Toilets using biological waste treatment, and Waste Emptying services for collection and disposal. These services are delivered to communities in Kumasi and Obuasi, with plans to expand to Accra and other Ghanaian cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Obuasi West MunicipalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on World Toilet Day event 'Sanitation for Peace' to promote sanitation awareness and solutions in the Obuasi municipal area.
• Obuasi East MunicipalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on World Toilet Day event 'Sanitation for Peace' to promote sanitation awareness and solutions in the Obuasi East municipal area.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sanergy: Kenya-based container-based sanitation social enterprise serving low-income urban households, operating a fresh-excreta-to-fertilizer value chain. Closest functional analogue to Clean Team Ghana in business model, customer segment, and circular waste-to-resource economics.
• Sanivation: Kenya-based social enterprise providing container-based toilets and converting waste into briquettes for fuel. Closely comparable in both service model and byproduct monetization approach.
• Loowatt: UK-founded container-based sanitation pioneer with operations in Madagascar, providing waterless toilet systems and waste collection to peri-urban households. Directly comparable technology stack and household subscription model.
• x-runner: Kenya-based container-based sanitation operator serving urban informal settlements, with a comparable direct-to-household installation and recurring waste collection model. Highly relevant peer given shared African developing-market context.
• SOIL Haiti: Haiti-based social enterprise operating container-based sanitation with composting of waste into agricultural inputs. Comparable service architecture (CBS + biological treatment + recurring fee to households) and similar low-income customer profile.

Others

• WaterAid: International NGO focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene in low-income communities, with active programming in Ghana. Comparable mission and end-customer segment; functions as an adjacent ecosystem player and potential partner/funder.
• WSUP (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor): Advisory and investment social enterprise focused on urban water and sanitation in developing cities, including Africa. Comparable mission and target customer base, though operates as a funder/advisor rather than a direct sanitation operator.

Broad incumbents

• LIXIL (SATO toilet): Global sanitaryware major producing affordable toilets (including the SATO brand) for emerging markets. Competes at the hardware/installation layer rather than the recurring service layer, but addresses the same low-income household sanitation need.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CleanTeamGhana
• Facebookfacebook.com/WeAreCleanTeam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clean-team-ghana

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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