Driving eco-innovation in Africa. Capacity building for a safe circular water economy.
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 […]
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 […]
In the second part of our look back at 2021, we’re reflecting on our online engagement programme PARTICIPATE. In August 2020 the RECIRCULATE and ACTUATE teams developed PARTICIPATE, a programme which aims to stimulate discussion and provide engagement activities in a digital space during the COVID-19 pandemic. With travel restrictions in place and recognising the […]
As the year comes to a close we’re looking back on another busy twelve months across the RECIRCULATE partnership, in the first part of this review we look at the stories and news we’ve brought you. As you may already know The FLOW was developed as a collection of short, non-technical articles written by those […]
Graduate researchers working with the RECIRCULATE Project, Afua Owusu-Kwarteng, Victoria Obatusin, Bhushan Gandhi and Eric Mensah recently took part in Eco-I NW’s Bootcamp at Ribby Hall 10-12th November 2021 which involved entrepreneurial challenges, networking and team building activities. They worked with groups of researchers at the Bootcamp to guide them during the ‘RECIRCULATE challenge’, which posed to […]
Lancaster University Centre for Global Eco-innovation (CGE) was recently awarded “Highly Commended” in the category of Research with impact for their submission in the Green Gown Awards, with RECIRCULATE cited in the commendation. CGE’s submission to ‘Research with impact’ highlights their successful impact and engagement and their focus on net zero solutions, with work directly […]
In November 2021, the focus of our PARTICIPATE engagement remained on COP26 and circular solutions for Africa. On 25th November our ‘What’s next for Africa after COP26’ webinar hosted a round table debate to reflect on the challenges and opportunities to deliver the commitments of COP 26. Moderated by Dr Akan Odon and the RECIRCULATE team, […]
Through November, as we wrap up the ACTUATE Project, there has been engagement with the students from our partner institutions in Africa which has led to a Whatsapp group of over 200 students being convened and active with interaction. The one month programme started November 1st, with 70 students being nominated in total and over […]
Through November 2021 members of our project have been involved with activities taking place at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The COP26 summit brought parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate […]
As part of efforts to promote Partial Rootzone Drying (PRD) and Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) technologies for tomato and rice production in Ghana, a mass dissemination exercise was carried out in eight municipalities/districts across 4 regions in Ghana. The regions and their corresponding municipalities or districts are Bono East (Kintampo North and Atebubu-Amantin) Volta […]