EPIC-Africa formed a new partnership with the city of Mombasa following a series of trainings in Durban during early 2020. Originally planning to implement a mangrove restoration project, the city quickly adapted to the new challenges of the global pandemic and transformed their proposed initiative to address COVID-19 transmission instead. The county government called upon […]
Lusaka’s first international EPIC team began training in 2016-2018, and shortly thereafter, they embarked on a series of experimental projects at the University of Zambia on a range of city-wide issues including climate adaptation, pandemic risk-reduction, and city planning. The overarching objective was to ensure the alignment of new EPIC programs with the existing university […]
Following a series of training sessions conducted by EPIC Africa in Durban (2020), Gaborone, Harare, and Windhoek (2022), the Gaborone City Council (GCC) and the University of Botswana (UB) began formally collaborating to address various pressing challenges in the city related to waste management and urban planning. To kick off this partnership, the GCC coordinated […]