The African Development Bank has underscored the circular economy as both an environmental necessity and a major industrial opportunity at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment ...

African countries are moving their circular economy vision from words to delivery. At the 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), a pan-African dialogue took place recently on the sidelines of the Africa ...

On the outskirts of Addis Ababa, 30-year-old Behailu Seboka, founder of Askema Engineering, manufactures brake pads from discarded slaughterhouse materials. What began as a university project now ...

In this regard, significant transformation of production chains and consumption patterns is required to keep materials circulating in the economy for longer. While there are some elements of ...

For Africa, the impact of COVID-19 has made thinking about the future more important than ever. Recent analysis by the African Futures and Innovation team at the Institute for Security Studies ...

Mining and the circular economy are not phrases that traditionally fit in the same sentence but in a decarbonised world more minerals and metals will be required, not less. Mining is not typically ...

PDF document available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/PB_109_Jun30.pdf In his report to the 59th Commission for ...

Implementation of circular economy principles in the South African water sector is in line with the United Nations sustainable development goals as well as the Paris Agreement on climate change to ...