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<\/p>\nInnovation foundation Nesta Challenges has announced the semi-finalists of Promoting Change, the third and final strand of the \u00a38.3m Afri-Plastics Challenge. The contest aims to reduce marine plastics in Sub-Saharan African countries by developing and scaling innovative solutions to plastic mismanagement. Each semi-finalist will be supported with \u00a35,000 of funding and in-kind capacity building support to develop their ideas ahead of finalist selection in June.<\/p>\n
Semi-finalists include Virtual Reality storytelling of the plastics lifecycle, blockchain based apps for manufacturers to follow the journey of reusable plastics and the creation of co-operatives to promote plastic alternatives in the fashion and garment industry. Other semi-finalist programmes include women-led campaigns to convince communities to ditch plastic and school education campaigns to encourage children to separate plastic waste from other rubbish.<\/p>\n
The 30 selected semi-finalists come from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Fifteen finalists will then be selected in June 2022, receiving \u00a350,000 each and capacity-building support. Three winners will be chosen in March 2023, receiving \u00a3250,000 each.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAfrica\u2019s entrepreneurs and innovators are at the forefront of creating the solutions needed to scale plastics recycling and reduce the volumes of plastics entering the value chain \u2013 but their efforts will be for nothing without a groundswell of support from communities to make the circular economy for plastics a well-functioning reality. The semi-finalists announced today are using diverse approaches to engage communities \u2013 and particularly women and girls who are so integral to the plastic ecosystem in Africa \u2013 to drive the change needed to overcome the unfolding tragedy of unbridled plastic pollution on the continent,\u201d said Adwoa Coleman, Afri-Plastics Challenge judge and Ghana Country Manager for Dow.<\/p>\n
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