Jun 10, 2025300k Views

Just Add Water: Electrifying Healthcare Across Africa

Across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, hospitals struggle daily with power outages, diesel costs, and critical shortages of medical oxygen. At Newdigit, we believe access to reliable electricity and clean medical resources is not a privilege, but a right. That’s why we created Just Add Water: a revolutionary solution providing clean electricity, medical-grade oxygen, and deionized water, all from one system

What Is Just Add Water?

Just Add Water is a compact, integrated energy system powered by solar PV and regenerative hydrogen fuel cell technology. It delivers:

• Up to 15kW-60Kw of clean electricity
• 10-40 liters/day of medical-grade oxygen
• 22 liters/day of deionized water

Designed to meet the unique needs of hospitals, the system also doubles as a mini-grid, sharing electricity with nearby homes, creating resilient, healthier communities.

Why It Matters

Every year, thousands of lives are lost in hospitals due to power failure and oxygen shortages. Diesel generators are costly, polluting, and unsustainable. Our solution replaces them with a clean, affordable, and reliable system that reduces emissions and saves lives.

• Reduces hospital energy costs by up to 65%
• Enables 24/7 power in ICUs, theatres & maternity wards
• Helps hospitals generate and store their own oxygen
• Reduces dependency on diesel fuel and delivered cylinders

How It Works

• Solar PV generates clean electricity during the day
• Regenerative PEM fuel cells produce and store hydrogen and oxygen
• Oxygen is compressed and purified for medical use
• Smart meters and IoT platforms monitor everything in real time
• Digital wallets allow hospitals and homes to pay via mobile

All monitored, managed, and optimized through our custom mobile app and remote dashboard.

Who Benefits

• Hospitals get uninterrupted power and onsite oxygen at a fixed monthly cost
• Households near the hospitals get affordable, clean electricity from shared microgrids
• Communities gain cleaner air, fewer emissions, and stronger health systems

Our Partners

We work with global and local partners including:

• SEforALL (Financing for project deployment )
• Startupbootcamp Netherlands (Seed For scaling and testing new markets)
• KAUST Catalysis Center (For Research & Developement)
• CUCRID (FabLab for Assembly & testing support)

What is Next?

We are scaling up across Nigeria, starting with a 10-hospital deployment, each with its own 100kW Just Add Water hub. Each hospital will serve as a clean energy center, supporting both healthcare and surrounding households with life-saving power and oxygen.

Explore how you can partner with us to deploy Just Add Water systems in your region. Together, we can prevent power-related deaths and build resilient healthcare for Africa's future.