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Members of WasteAid’s Gambia team, Lamin Janneh and Jojo Saho, recently investigated what our programmes mean to our individual participants by speaking to members of WasteAid’s plastic collection groups in the Greater Banjul Area.  These groups are trained and supported through a generous grant from Veralto. At WasteAid, we believe that tackling waste can transform […]

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Recently, the Programme Management team travelled to Uganda to meet the people at the heart of our waste management programmes, connect with local stakeholders and government donors, and see first-hand how our work is making an impact in communities. What the team found was inspiring: people turning waste into livelihoods, communities taking ownership of the […]

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What if a broken laptop, television or other electronic appliance wasn’t waste, but an opportunity to repair, reuse and recycle?  For participants in WasteAid’s Waste 2 Wealth, Cosmo City E-Wastepreneur programme in Uganda, practical training is helping turn that idea into a potential livelihood.  Over recent months, participants have moved from classroom learning into hands-on training in e-waste repair, diagnostics and […]

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WasteAid and Lufthansa Group have launched a new animated training film designed to help cabin crew improve onboard waste segregation, supporting efforts to increase recycling and circularity across the airline’s operations.  The short animation forms part of the ongoing collaboration between WasteAid and Lufthansa Group to reduce the amount of airline waste ending up in […]

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Five outstanding entrepreneurs awarded a total of GH₵567,500 in grants to scale their technology-enabled solutions Accra, Ghana, 17 September 2026 – Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC held the Pitch Day […]

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Ashesi University’s Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) has launched the Women’s Agribusiness Incubation Programme to support women-owned businesses in Ghana’s cashew sector. The programme is being implemented in partnership with […]

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The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), in partnership with the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme II (GPSCPII) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), is proud to announce […]

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