Driving eco-innovation in Africa. Capacity building for a safe circular water economy.
Grace Bridgewater from the Lancaster Environment Centre and Cathy Olphin from Lancaster University Management School summarise the key outcomes of their analysis of anaerobic digestion case studies from across Africa. As previous blogs in The FLOW have made clear, anaerobic digestion (AD) offers great potential as a solution to several problems common across the African […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mary Mwangi is a Lecturer and plant Biotechnology researcher at Kenyatta University, Kenya. Mary is passionate about seeking practical solutions for poverty reduction, sustainable food security and wealth creation in Africa with a focus on the majority resource-poor women farmers and the youth. Her area of interest is banana biotechnology; specifically, Sigatoka disease resistance breeding […]
The ACCELERATE Circular Economy programme which was held under the ACTUATE banner has recently concluded. The programme was started to support education and capacity building to enhance understanding and acceptance of the aims of the ACTUATE project and the wider circular economy. We engaged with students from our partner institutions in Africa and each week […]
The ACCELERATE Circular Economy programme which was held under the ACTUATE banner has recently concluded. The programme was started to support education and capacity building to enhance understanding and acceptance of the aims of the ACTUATE project and the wider circular economy. We engaged with students from our partner institutions in Africa and each week […]
Joyce Asheley Tuakly is the Product and Process Development Manager at Blue Skies Products Ghana Ltd. She holds a BSc in Biological Sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and currently doing her MSc in Food Security with Lancaster University, UK. She also holds a Certificate in Advance HACCP and Advance Hygiene from […]
On 9th November 2021, RECIRCULATE Graduate Researcher and WINA Integrated Research Project Officer, Afua Owusu-Kwarteng attended the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. We asked Afua to tell us a little about the experience. So Afua, you’re based in Lancaster and managed to plan a day […]