How Africa is leading the way in dealing with 'e-waste'

Mar 25, 2022

African nations are dealing with e-waste using policies, legislation and regulation. Their efforts can be a lesson to other nations around the world Image: set.sj for Unsplash

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Our Impact

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Circular Economy is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Circular Economy

Have you read?

A record 53.6Mt of e-waste was generated in 2019, and the quantity is set to rise further Image: Global E-Waste Monitor 2020

Discover

What is a circular economy?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.