Africa is the world’s fastest-urbanising continent. But while city life has helped lift millions of people out of poverty, the rapid transformation has created a new problem, mountains of urban waste. Now an Ethiopian entrepreneur is tackling the crisis with Africa’s first waste-to-energy plant, which reduces noxious and dangerous landfill while powering urban homes.
PowerHouse Energy Group plc (LON:PHE) has developed the innovative PHE G3-UHt waste-to-energy, ultra-high temperature gasification reactor technology together with auxiliary waste and power solutions. The company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2011.