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Gando Primary School
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Buildings: Material
Education: Primary
Solar Mamas
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Energy: Solar power
Langa Bicycle Hub
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Mobility: Freight
Mobility: Cycling
BasiGo electric buses
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Mobility: Electric vehicles
Mbekweni stonehouses
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Buildings: Material
Sanergy Collaborative
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Sanitation: Toilets
Waste: Processing
Waste: Recycling
Safisana biogas digester
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Energy: Biogas
Waste: Composting
Waste: Waste-to-energy
iShack rooftop solar systems
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Communications: Television
Energy: Solar power
Public Space: Outdoor lighting
Communications: Radio
Ampersand e-bikes
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Mobility: Electric vehicles
Soil for Life food gardens
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Ecosystems: Conservation areas
Food: Production
Health: Nutrition
SHOFCO aerial water supply
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Water: Distribution
Water: Storage
Rubavu solar street lighting
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Energy: Solar power
Public Space: Outdoor lighting
Sandbag & ecobeam houses
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Buildings: Construction method
Nambu Group black soldier fly farming
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Waste: Processing
Waste: Composting
Lagos BRT Lite
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Mobility: Public transport
Yo-Waste
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Waste: Separation
Waste: Collection
Waste: Recycling
Lumkani fire detectors
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Disaster Preparedness: Fire
Transformative Riverine Management Programme
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Sanitation: Public space cleaning
Water: Catchment management
Disaster Preparedness: Flooding
Ecosystems: Conservation areas
Ubongo multi-media edutainment
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Communications: Phone
Communications: Radio
Communications: Television
Education: Early childhood development
Education: Primary
Clean Team Ghana
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Sanitation: Toilets
The Kibera Public Space Project
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Food: Production
Culture: Gathering space
Public Space: Parks
Public Space: Playgrounds
Sanitation: Clothes washing
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