AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

NIGERIA – Fire gutted the factory of Mega Plastic, Ilupeju, Lagos, destroying properties worth millions of naira and leaving people with varying degrees of injuries.…

KENYA – Safaricom, the leading telecommunications company in Kenya, has joined the United Nations Global Compact’s Forward Faster Initiative. The initiative aims to accelerate the…

NIGERIA – The Lagos Recyclers Association (LAGRA) has urged government and corporate bodies to take conscious steps towards reducing waste and plastic pollution to safeguard…

KENYA – The Vihiga County government has intensified efforts to collect and dispose of plastic materials within the main trading centers. This comes against the…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s plastic consumption has been projected to reach 40 million tonnes by 2030, as the country is one of the largest consumers of…

SOUTH AFRICA – Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has revealed plans to increase the recycling rate of Liquid Board Packaging (LBP) in…

SOUTH AFRICA – Multinational retail company, Woolworths and WWF South Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to environmental stewardship by renewing their 15-year partnership. The collaboration,…

ETHIOPIA – Japanese recycling company, Tanabe to help Ethiopia turn mountains of trash into an alternative fuel with its technology. Ethiopia is undergoing rapid economic…

SOUTH AFRICA – The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA), WasteAid and the University of Portsmouth’s Revolution Plastics researchers have collaborated to…

AFRICA – Pre-seed VC fund and accelerator, Catalyst Fund has raised US$8.6 million towards a target US$40 million fund to back high-impact tech startups working…