Digital tools are reshaping plastic recovery in Africa. Dr. Seun Kolade and Wunmi Ogunde discuss research on digitally enabled business models for a circular plastic economy in Africa. They explain s how mobile platforms, data, and new business models can connect households with waste services, reorganize plastic value chains, and expand economic participation. The conversation also addresses informal waste workers, gender equity, local infrastructure, and the danger of treating a diverse continent as one market. This is a grounded look at digital waste management, plastic recycling in Africa, and circular economy innovation.
Episode Guests: Dr. Seun Kolade and Wunmi Ogunde
Find more on Dr. Kolade at the Sheffield Hallam University and on LinkedIn
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Find Ogunde on LinkedIn
More from Dr. Kolade and Ogunde:
Find the article that the episode covered here
Book: Digital Innovations for a circular plastic economy in Africa
Journal article: The environment for a digitally enabled circular plastics economy in Africa: lessons from cross-sectional stakeholder engagements
More on PAKAM in Nigeria
More on WeCyclers in Nigeria
More on Yo-Waste in Uganda
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