Driving eco-innovation in Africa. Capacity building for a safe circular water economy.
Dr Joana Pais Zozimo, a RECIRCULATE Senior Research Associate, reflects on the ongoing impact of healthy writing retreats, in her double capacity of qualified facilitator and writer. I suspect that it won’t come as a surprise to many of you if I start by suggesting that many of us find writing a real challenge! That […]
RECIRCULATE’s Water for Sanitation and Health team have been identifying, mapping and performing observations of ‘poor sanitation hotspots’ to better understand the processes that create them. By ‘poor sanitation hotspots’ we mean areas of the community that have particularly unsanitary conditions, or that are prone to extra stresses that mean the cleanliness of the environment […]
A central concern of the RECIRCULATE Water for Sanitation and Health Work Package (WP2) is how best to reduce faecal contamination of drinking water. To determine whether water is contaminated, Research and Technical Officers from the Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), which is part of Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, conduct tests of the […]
Recycling organic waste (water, plants and food) using Anaerobic Digestion for sustainable food production in Ghana Lack of nutrients and/or water usually limit crop yields in Ghana. Chemical fertilizers are expensive to buy, so farmers in turn do not apply the nutrients the crop needs. Of the available farming land in Ghana (1.9 million hectares), […]
The Integrated Biodigester (IBD) at Umar Bun Hatab Islamic Basic School at Madina Zongo has been operating since September 2021, the project began in 2019 and has now been successfully completed. This January saw the commissioning and handing over ceremony of the plant by CSIR, Lancaster University and other partners. CSIR-IIR Director Dr Francis Boateng […]
Sylvia B Mwansa holds a Master of Business Administration International (MBA(I) from Edith Cowan University, Australia. Her Unique Value Proposition is that, she is an Organizer, Effective and Efficient Communicator, who believes in bringing out positive attributes in self and others with a total belief that ‘There is enough for everyone’. Nicknamed “Sunshine” because of […]
Uhunamure Nosayamen Destiny is a Lecturer at University of Benin, Nigeria. He earned his first degree (B.Sc.) in Accounting, second degree (M.Sc.) in Finance and is presently in the last stage of his PhD program all in the University of Benin. He worked in the industry for about five (5) years where he gathered valuable […]
In January 2022, the focus of our PARTICIPATE engagement has been around the project’s impact and legacy, highlighting work from our researchers and academics. On 27th January our ‘International Impact Webinar’ asked the question – have the RECIRCULATE and ACTUATE Projects influenced the research agenda of young and early career researchers in Africa and what […]
Onyinye Obiora-Okoye owns and runs international schools in Nigeria that offer nursery, primary and secondary education with other affiliations in agriculture, business, gender and entrepreneurship. She has a Bachelors Degree in History, a Masters Degree in History, a PGDE in education and a PhD in History and International Relations (in view). To mark the UN […]