Was held online on Wednesday 25th November 2020
at 10:00hrs (GMT & UTC) / 11:00hrs (CET) / 12:00hrs (CAT & SAST) / 13:00hrs (EAT)
A copy of the Draft Discussion Paper can still be downloaded here
This event was selected as a Side Event to WCEFonline, the World Circular Economy Forum which was held virtually on 29th and 30th September 2020. Side Events were held up to 31st December 2020. More details can be found here.
The African Circular Economy Network and ICLEI Africa
are facilitating the co-authoring of a discussion paper entitled "Circularity in Africa Cities". It is being drafted through a collaborative multi-stage, online, multi-author co-creative process and is scheduled for publication in Q1 2020.
The objective of this Event is to receive feedback from stakeholders on the discussion paper and to engage interested parties in the drafting and publication process.
The aims of the Discussion Paper are to:
Following publication of the discussion paper, suggestions will be proposed for future research, advocacy, policy development and community engagement
Speakers
Bezawit Eshetu, Country Representative, African Circular Economy Network, Ethiopia
Engr. Solomon Noi, Director of Waste Management, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana
Heba Khalil, Professor of Sustainable Urbanism, Cairo University, Egypt
Outline Agenda:
Reuben describes the photo taken in Adum, Kumasi, Ghana as follows: "I took this photo on a Sunday when I was working on a project for an Estate developer in Kumasi, Ghana. This picture signifies a state of transition from underdevelopment to a developed economy. With more concentration on how business activities is booming, revealing the market potential of commercial activities in these areas. That wasn’t the main aim of what I went to do but seeing this view from one of the tallest buildings around revealed the colourful nature of development and I TOOK IT!"