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The homegrown start-ups hoping to solve Africa’s e-waste crisis

Summary by dialogue.earth
There is no night or day in Ghana’s infamous e-waste graveyard Agbogbloshie. Hundreds of unofficial e-waste pickers scour its sprawling terrain to extract components that contain copper, cobalt, lithium and other precious metals. If it has a circuit board or battery, it is fair game. These components fetch a decent price on the black market, where demand is high. Africa has an e-waste problem. Collection and recycling are mostly controlled by in…
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dialogue.earth broke the news in on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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