Title
Mr
First Name
Rori
First Name
Rori
Email Address
Institution
Private Sector - Industry
Country of Residence
South Africa
Province
Field(s) of Interest
Years of Experience
10
Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Short Bio
Rori Mpete, is an award winning Innopreneur (Innovator+Entrepreneur); a new innovative word; which means and carves exactly his path way in the Water and Sanitation Industry.
Rori comes from a background of managing start ups, grow them into expansion and commercialization.
He has a vast experience in the continent, having worked in over 7 African Countries; under different sectors: Education, Telecommunications and Water & Sanitation.
Rori is an award winning innovative entrepreneur; in his journey he has received multiple awards in Innovation (The Best Innovative Enterprise in Green Economy-The City of Tshwane); The Sowetan Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award; In green township economy (The Best Gauteng Accelerator Township Economy Award) and he has been nominated a couple times for prestigious awards for the Gauteng Premier Business Awards.
His contribution to the water and sanitation industry is mainly focused and aligned to the UN Sustainable Goals, with a core focus on the three categories: (1) Water Saving, (2) Hygiene Improvement and (3) Grey water usage in everyday living.
Rori believes in knowledge sharing and collaboration (UNSG No 17-Partnerships).
"I believe business is conducted by people; people foster relationships; the best relationships foster the best innovative conversations, with the relevant business relationships, best innovative ideas are easily yielded into World Class Businesses". Rori Mpete 2016, The Sowetan Live.
Social Media Link(s)
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeIsDocbzc
b. https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sebenza-live/2018-12-21-friends-build-toilet-devices-to-save-water/
c. https://briefly.co.za/21177-tshwane-chommas-create-innovative-water-saving-device-toilets.html
d. https://mg.co.za/article/2019-06-07-00-tip-for-cabinet-bet-on-innovators
e. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/vuk-uzenzele/20190101/281599536630308
f. https://www.tips.org.za/research-archive/sustainable-growth/green-economy-2/item/3618-case-study-rori-mpete-thinking-outside-the-box-retrofitting-water-saving-in-conventional-waterborne-sanitation-systems
g. https://www.startupgrind.com/u/mjbvku/
h. https://media-ashoka.oiengine.com/attachments/470a5d11-cdae-4fd8-a217-676c1ae36c29.pdf
i. https://4irsa.org/news/bulk-infrastructure-should-be-the-focus-for-sa-as-climate-change-bites/
j. http://lifepodcasts.fm/podcasts/110-the-best-of-early-breakfast/episode/20342-30-women-owned-tnm-innovations-manufactures-sanitation-products
k. https://twitter.com/LooAfrique
Publication Link(s)
a. Loo Afrique product description advert link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeIsDocbzc
b. https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sebenza-live/2018-12-21-friends-build-toilet-devices-to-save-water/
c. https://briefly.co.za/21177-tshwane-chommas-create-innovative-water-saving-device-toilets.html
d. https://mg.co.za/article/2019-06-07-00-tip-for-cabinet-bet-on-innovators
e. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/vuk-uzenzele/20190101/281599536630308
f. https://www.tips.org.za/research-archive/sustainable-growth/green-economy-2/item/3618-case-study-rori-mpete-thinking-outside-the-box-retrofitting-water-saving-in-conventional-waterborne-sanitation-systems
g. https://www.startupgrind.com/u/mjbvku/
h. https://media-ashoka.oiengine.com/attachments/470a5d11-cdae-4fd8-a217-676c1ae36c29.pdf
i. https://4irsa.org/news/bulk-infrastructure-should-be-the-focus-for-sa-as-climate-change-bites/
j. http://lifepodcasts.fm/podcasts/110-the-best-of-early-breakfast/episode/20342-30-women-owned-tnm-innovations-manufactures-sanitation-products
k. https://twitter.com/LooAfrique
Future Research Projects
Conversion of fresh flushing toilets into grey flushing toilets.