ZBCA, RISE explore resilient, greener business pra...

ZBCA, RISE explore resilient, greener business practices

Philemon Jambaya

The Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association, in partnership with the European Union’s Africa Reform for Investment and Sustainable Economies, held a meeting in Harare recently to help the construction sector explore more resilient and greener business practices.

Over 50 members of the Association and the ZBCA executive board participated in the meeting hosted by ZBCA to understand more about this initiative, what it entails and set the path for the upcoming circular economy workshops.

A circular economy is an economic system based on the reuse and regeneration of materials or products, especially as a means of continuing production in a sustainable or environment-friendly way.

“The Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association is excited to be hosting this event in partnership with the EU-funded project Africa RISE,” ZBCA chief executive officer, Crispen Tsvarai said.

“ZBCA remains committed to help Zimbabwe attain its transition to the circular economy more successfully,” reads part of the statement.

The project was initiated in 2022 when Namibian Construction Industries Federation approached the Africa RISE Facility to enquire how such a learning experience on circular economy could be supported by the Facility. Similar interest was expressed by ZBCA and Business Botswana.

The objective of this project is to increase knowledge in the construction sector on circular economy opportunities and models that could be implemented by the private sector. The initial focus will be for Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe with sharing and wider dissemination planned across Southern African Development Community member countries through the Sadc Secretariat and the Sadc Business Council.