Immediate Release, Accra, 20th March 2021: The Green Africa Youth Organization Eco Club Campus Chapters (GECCC) is set to embark on a sensitization project to highlight solutions to the plastic mess in Ghana, using university campuses and students as agents of change to #BreakFreefromPlastics. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, …
Green Africa Youth Organization is proud to announce the launch of the Global Youth Call to Action on Adaptation. Throughout 2020, we have been supporting the establishment of the Youth Adaptation Network at the Global Center on Adaptation through consultations with young people from around the world. Ahead of the Climate Adaptation Summit, our Executive …
In an era of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more urgent to integrate the informal waste pickers – mostly women, ensure their safety and acknowledge their contribution to the overall environmental quality of many urban and peri-urban areas. – Joshua Amponsem, Green Africa Youth Organization. In Ghana, informal waste pickers (sometimes referred to as …
The Ghana chapter of the World’s Largest Pre-Seed Accelerator has partnered with Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) to Help Ambitious Local Entrepreneurs Build Businesses that tackle Social and Environmental Challenges. Since launching in Ghana, the Founder Institute (fi.co) – the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, based in Silicon Valley – has created promising technology companies …
We are excited to announce the appointment of our Executive Director, Joshua Amponsem, as a Plastic Action Champion by the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP). GPAP is a global consortium of public and private actors headquartered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, whose aim is to tackle the worldwide plastic pollution crisis. …