Artiste Muluneh Zeleke, Addis Ababa City Cleaning Ambassador, emphasized the importance of waste and by-product management, as well as green legacy efforts, in creating economic opportunities, ...

Nairobi can boast of much in Africa but not scenic value. The city is chocked with solid waste and the attempts by the County government to address the challenge has proven to be less fruitful. This ...

Ethiopia‘s capital Addis Ababa has had one landfill for around 50 years: the Koshe dump site. Serving over three million people, it’s about as large as 36 football pitches, according to the United ...

Decentralisation reforms in Ethiopia aimed to empower both formal and informal actors involved in different socioeconomic development efforts. However, an investigation of solid waste management in ...

Nairobi collects only half of its solid waste produced every day, a new report shows, trailing other key East Africa cities such as Addis Ababa and Kampala. Each resident of Nairobi generates an ...