The project aimed to support new partnership-based approaches to enable African researchers to grow transformational impact by working with, in, and for their communities. The core objectives were to:

• Understand how African eco-innovation systems work, how they differ from European models, and what innovations would be needed to achieve SDG’s 8 and 13
• Grow the capacity and capability in Africa’s eco-innovation community by developing and promoting innovations through better-skilled people
• Establish African research organisations as ‘anchor’ institutions that drive and sustain change
• Enable African researchers to co-design ambitious eco-innovation projects aimed at delivering a safe circular water economy for Africa

Scope of work:

• Water journey survey to ascertain water quality within the last 100 metres
• Rehabilitation of main community drainage channels in Gbegbeyise
• Provision of toilets and handwashing facilities
• Community behaviour change campaigns in Gbegbeyise, spearheaded by young change agents within the community
• Periodic toilet dislodging and MSW collection and disposal via the provision of waste skips in Gbegbeyise
• Facilitation of ICT training for change agents

Funding: Lancaster University UK  Partners: Lancaster University Ghana; Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research; Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited; BlueSkies Country of Assignment: Gbegbeyisie and Madina Zongo, Ghana

Project Contribution to SDGs