Current cleanup technologies are ‘clean-washing traps’ which Govts in Africa, a continent disproportionately affected by the global waste menace caused largely by industrialized nations, should not fall for.
Circular startups battle multitude of constraints ranging from limited access to funding, inadequate policy frameworks to provide incentives, and limited demand for circular products, among others.
“We quickly realized that we all share the same passion for art and saving the environment.” This common passion informed their epiphany to start Reform Africa in 2018.
Top on the list is the demand that migration be recognized as an adaptation strategy and coping mechanism for youth in climate policies, finance and governance structures going forward.
So far, key Pan-African conservation organisations spearheading the scheme say it’s too early to determine when the governance structure, capitalization and disbursement modalities for A-PACT will be deliberated and agreed upon by concerned parties
Conservationists are pushing for the establishment of the fund say at least $200 billion is needed to meet routine costs of conserving estates across the 54 countries.
Some $2 billion to $3 billion is what is urgently needed annually to allow the fund to kickstart and support the protected and conserved areas on the continent.
