HATOF Foundation in Ghana hosted an engagement event for the media on 28 January to promote ACTUATE. As the digester at Umar Bun Hatab Islamic School nears completion, representatives from key media houses across radio, TV and digital and printed press attended the presentations and visit to the Madina site. Media outputs from this event […]
The University Staff School (USS) and the UNIBEN Demonstration Secondary School (UDSS) are main partners and stakeholders of the ACTUATE Uniben team. The team has visited both schools on 25 September 2020. Prof Chris Emokaro, Dr Mike Ajieh and Dr Andrew Amenaghawon led the discussions with the staff of USS and UDSS. The USS staff […]
ACTUATE held a community durbar in Madina Zongo, Accra on 14 October to introduce the project to the community and raise awareness of the positive impacts of a circular economy. The durbar was led by HATOF Foundation with the support of CSIR-IIR, GreenAd and Umar Bun Hatab Islamic School. The durbar welcomed key members of […]
One of the key objectives of both RECIRCULATE and ACTUATE is driving eco-innovation in Africa, through capacity building for a safe circular water economy. Of considerable importance is using partnership-based approaches to enable African researchers grow transformational impact through working with non-governmental organizations, business groups and communities in developing robust, sustainable and equitable partnerships focused […]
In October 2019, a team of researchers from Lancaster and Ghana travelled to Bangladesh for a knowledge sharing visit to visit a successfully implemented series of Sanitation Safety Plan (SSP) and Water Safety Plan (WSP) activities completed in the Last 100 Meters project. A major aim of the visit was to learn the best practices implemented […]
Professor Kirk Semple and Dr Akan Odon met with Professor Osasere Orumwense (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin) and Prof Lawrence Ezemonye (Director of CGE Nigeria and President of the Nigerian Environmental Society) to discuss the ACTUATE project and the building of the demonstrator at the CGE Nigeria complex at the University of Benin. The […]
Weather stations have been installed at the chief’s palace at Gbegbeyise and Umar Bun Hatab Islamic basic school at Madina Zongo to provide data for the Environmental Monitoring componet of WP2 research. The fencing of the two weather stations were undertaken from 19th – 23rd August by opinion leaders from Gbegbeyise with collaboration from their Madina Zongo […]
Lancaster University is leading a major new project that promises to tackle major global development issues and improve lives in communities across two African countries. Funded with around £700,000 from the Global Challenges Research Fund Translation Awards call, through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the ACTUATE programme will build on the work started in […]
ACTUATE is funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund Ref: EP/T015608/1
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