AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

GABON – The government of Gabon has equipped the public company Clean Africa with 46 new vehicles to facilitate the management of waste in Greater…

SOUTH AFRICA – Sanlam Private Equity (SPE), a division of Sanlam Investments, has acquired a controlling stake in Gauteng-based waste management company, SkipWaste. As a…

TANZANIA – Zaidi Recyclers, a Tanzanian recycling firm has launched a digital platform (NiBOOST integrated into the Zaidi App) for collecting dead car batteries for…

NIGERIA – Sahara Foundation and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund have announced their strategic partnership geared towards rolling out a series of recycling exchange hubs…

NIGERIA – Sidel, a global provider of packaging solutions to install its 1000th EvoBlow blow molder as part of a high-speed PET water line at…

SOUTH AFRICA – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has announced plans to introduce new 1.25l returnable glass bottles that align with its sustainability and transparency goals.…

SOUTH AFRICA – South African wine-on-tap expert WineKeg has joined OneCircle’s KeyKeg-reseller network to support the burgeoning South African wine industry. From its Cape Town…

TOGO – Three Togolese communes of Golfe 7, Golfe 5 and Agoè Nyivé 3 have received six tricycles from the Lomé-based organization Science and Technology…

ANGOLA – The President of Angola João Lourenço has formed a working group to draft a national plan to ban plastics to address environmental degradation…

RWANDA – The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a five-year project to improve hazardous waste management.…