Engagement year: 2020
Focus area: Uganda

Cities across East Africa are growing rapidly, yet, the waste management infrastructure to manage the increasing waste amounts does not exist. Current waste disposal methods are harmful to human and environmental health: 50% of the 4,000 tons of waste produced in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area every day remain uncollected. The remaining 50% is dumped at various dumpsites like Dandora. Less than 10% of the waste gets recycled.

TakaTaka Solutions is the largest waste management and recycling company in Kenya and a pioneer in recycling. TakaTaka employs +400 people and works with +3,000 informal waste pickers every day. 

Read more about TakaTaka Solutions here.