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Drive through cities in Africa and you’re likely to see a waste problem. In the streets, the sewage, in the waterways…540 million tons of waste goes uncollected every year across sub-Saharan Africa.
It's a $16 billion opportunity. But much of the infrastructure is still missing. What would it actually take to build it at scale?
In Nigeria, a company called Scrapays is paying people to collect it. In Kenya, Plas-tech is turning the same plastic into cooking gas.
00:00 - Where does your waste go?
01:25 - In Lagos, Scrapay’s Boluwatife Arewa is empowering informal waste pickers
05:44 - In Mombosa, Plas-tech’s Robin Kariuki is turning waste into cooking gas
09:13 - The multi-billion dollar opportunity in waste
This episode was produced as part of our series on climate action in Africa, The Greenprint, in partnership with Catalyst Fund and FSD Africa, with the help of UK aid.
Watch more episodes of The Greenprint here.
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💻 Website - https://theflip.africa
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Drive through cities in Africa and you’re likely to see a waste problem. In the streets, the sewage, in the waterways…540 million tons of waste goes uncollected every year across sub-Saharan Africa.
It's a $16 billion opportunity. But much of the infrastructure is still missing. What would it actually take to build it at scale?
In Nigeria, a company called Scrapays is paying people to collect it. In Kenya, Plas-tech is turning the same plastic into cooking gas.
00:00 - Where does your waste go?
01:25 - In Lagos, Scrapay’s Boluwatife Arewa is empowering informal waste pickers
05:44 - In Mombosa, Plas-tech’s Robin Kariuki is turning waste into cooking gas
09:13 - The multi-billion dollar opportunity in waste
This episode was produced as part of our series on climate action in Africa, The Greenprint, in partnership with Catalyst Fund and FSD Africa, with the help of UK aid.
Watch more episodes of The Greenprint here.
Our Links -
🎥 YouTube - https://youtube.com/@thefliphq
🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thefliphq
👥 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefliphq/
📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/thefliphq
💻 Website - https://theflip.africa

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