In a bold step toward sustainable environmental reform, a high-powered delegation from Mombasa County, Kenya, led by Governor H.E. Abdullswamad Sherrif Nassir, has paid a working visit to Zoomlion Ghana Limited and other subsidiaries of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC).
The 26-member team—which includes Members of Parliament, technical experts, and administrative personnel—toured a host of waste management and recycling facilities across Ghana between July 29 and August 1, 2025, with the aim of replicating JGC’s transformational sanitation model in Kenya.
The visit follows a prior engagement in July this year when the Executive Chairman of JGC, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, travelled to Kenya to advocate for a Pan-African sanitation agenda that transforms waste management challenges into socioeconomic opportunities.
The Kenyan delegation explored how Jospong’s green technologies and state-of-the-art facilities have positioned the company as a frontrunner in Africa’s sanitation sector. From organic composting to plastic recycling, wastewater treatment, and medical waste processing, the team observed firsthand how the JGC ecosystem is driving circular economy initiatives, creating jobs, and fostering environmental sustainability.
Their itinerary covered a wide range of sites: Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL), the Zoomlion Transfer Station in Pantang, Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), Kpone Landfill Site, Universal Plastic Products and Recycling (UPPR), Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCARP), the Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the modern Medical Waste Treatment Facility in the Ashanti Region.
“We are overwhelmed by the depth of innovation and expertise we’ve witnessed,” Governor Nassir remarked. “This is not just waste management; it is environmental transformation and youth empowerment rolled into one.”
Governor Nassir shared Mombasa County’s plan to restructure its sanitation system by dividing the city into 600 units and hiring youth as waste collectors—an initiative designed to provide employment while eliminating informal cartels. The waste will be transported to transfer stations and then to material recovery facilities, cutting out the need for environmentally hazardous landfills.
“In the past, people were disposing of waste haphazardly due to the lack of a formal collection system,” he noted. “To address this, we’ll employ young people, pay them salaries, and ensure accountability at every stage.”
He expressed gratitude to Dr. Agyepong for the warm reception and pledged full cooperation ahead of the upcoming Devolution Conference in Kenya, where the Jospong Group is expected to participate.
Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Executive Chairman of the JGC, reaffirmed his group’s dedication to Africa-centred solutions. “We are committed to working closely with you as partners,” he said. “Collaboration, local capacity building, and youth employment are at the heart of our model.”
He confirmed that JGC will dispatch a technical team to Mombasa to conduct feasibility studies and stakeholder engagement before implementing a tailor-made sanitation model for the county.
“By the time we are done, your local people will have the skills to run the facilities independently,” Dr. Agyepong promised. “We will also establish a training regime to ensure knowledge transfer.”
Senator Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaj described the Jospong model as a beacon of hope for Africa. “What we have seen here is scalable, job-intensive, and environmentally responsible,” he said. “It is a solution that Kenya can learn from and replicate.”
Chairperson of the Mombasa County Public Service Board, Farida Abdallah, echoed similar sentiments, applauding the model’s potential to drive large-scale youth employment.
“We’ve seen how the transfer station in Accra is transforming lives. This is what we need back home,” she said.
Members of Parliament from constituencies such as Likoni, Mvita, Kisauni, Changamwe, and Mishi Kuma Mboko also praised the JGC approach, noting its alignment with Kenya’s development priorities of job creation and environmental stewardship.
“The Jospong Group’s model aligns with our national goals. This partnership is a game-changer,” they collectively stated.
The Minister for Blue Economy, Agriculture, and Livestock in Mombasa County added, “We’re excited about adapting this model to our own context to solve our waste problems.”
Earlier in July, officials from Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry, along with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), also visited JGC’s facilities to lay the groundwork for a broader bilateral collaboration.
The latest visit by Governor Nassir’s team further strengthens the emerging Ghana–Kenya partnership in environmental management, with both sides committed to knowledge-sharing and sustainable development.
As the four-day working visit concluded, both Ghanaian and Kenyan officials expressed optimism about the future. What began as a tour may now blossom into a transcontinental partnership that brings African solutions to African problems—starting with sanitation.
“This is the Africa we want,” Dr. Agyepong said. “An Africa where innovation leads the way, and our youth are empowered through enterprise and purpose.”
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