The Africa Waste Observatory provides critical data and insights to support evidence-based policy-making, resource optimization, and environmental protection across the continent.
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Low waste collection and treatment coverage, especially in informal, peri-urban, and rural areas.
Weak enforcement of waste, water, and emissions regulations.
Limited recycling, wastewater treatment, and gaseous emissions controls.
Severe lack of accurate, comparable waste and emissions data continent-wide.
The Africa Waste Observatory provides:
Standardized continental data on solid, liquid, gaseous and other kinds of waste.
Interactive dashboards for policy formulation, investment planning, and monitoring.
Country profiles detailing generation, treatment, recycling, and emissions.
Policy-relevant analysis and practical, scalable solutions.
Standardize waste data across Africa for coherent analysis.
Provide evidence based insights to inform waste policy formulation.
Showcase and promote cutting-edge waste management solutions.
Empower local communities with tools for sustainable practices.
Covering all waste streams
Comprehensive treatment and generation statistics
Collection coverage and efficiency metrics
Benchmarking and best-practice sharing
Access country-specific waste profiles and statistics.
Analyze detailed data on various types of waste materials.
Discover innovative waste processing and recycling technologies.
Review existing waste management policies and regulations.
Plastic Waste Reduced
Investment Growth
Policy Adoption
Organic Waste Diverted