What is the state of health systems in urban Sierra Leone? What specific conditions put urban informal settlements at risk to disease outbreaks? What specific considerations would need to be taken to limit the incidence of disease outbreaks? And how should the response to health epidemics be tailored to informal settlements?
Read MoreIf this is how capitalistic societies work — with people constantly being productive, striving to occupy their time, almost ashamed when they have nothing to do — quarantine measures have suddenly and abruptly broken everyone’s routines
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Oxford Urbanists Africa had the opportunity to interview Kenyan musician and changemaker, Juliani, founder of Customer Bora, an innovative initiative that works to rid the environment of the burden of single-use plastics and waste by creating a circular economy framework.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is home to some of the most innovative waste management projects in the world. From transforming wastewater to drinking water; to making roads out of plastic and having plastic as currency, Africa has it all when it comes to seeing waste as an indispensable asset. Although many risks ought to be addressed in managing waste, several African countries have ignited the spark to change the narrative of waste from redundant to resource.
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