Africa's population is the fastest-growing in the world – putting immense pressure on the development of Africa, especially the high demand for access to energy1. According to the Tracking Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) seven: The Energy Progress Report by the International Energy Agency, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the UN Department of Economic and Social
In line with its mandate to provide efficient energy solution to Africa’s myriad energy challenges through the deployment of innovative technology and business models, Innovate UK KTN is partnering the Global Alliance Africa Project to host the Energy Catalyst event.
Cheap, mouldable, and corrosion resistant; these qualities have made plastic a dependable packaging staple for the manufacture of consumer goods sold online. But in South Africa – where the total cost of plastic waste pollution exceeds R885 billion annually[1] - the search is on for new and innovative approaches to minimising how the material is used