The Jospong Group of Companies, through an international collaboration with Komptech GmbH, has launched a project dubbed the “Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy,” aimed at providing expertise training for all district waste managers of Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
The training, which forms part of a series of capacity enhancement programmes targeted at developing waste management experts in Ghana, commenced in the Ashanti Region. Participants in the region were trained on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM), Circular Economy, Composting, Landfill Management and Emissions Treatment, and Thermal Waste Recovery (Refuse Derived Fuel).
In his introductory remarks, the Project Manager of the Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy, Mr. Jacob Kwaku Ladi, explained that the Jospong Group, through an international collaboration with Komptech GmbH, the Austrian Development Agency, the Technical University of Vienna, and ICEP (a social impact NGO in Austria), secured a grant to train and develop waste management experts in Ghana.
He stated that the project, which was launched in Accra last year, has already trained various levels of waste management professionals, including top executives and regional executives, who received expert training by Komptech and a team from the Technical University of Vienna.
Mr. Ladi further pointed out that selected staff from the Jospong Group undertook training and field trips in Austria to serve as local trainers, with the aim of scaling up the training nationwide and training all district-level waste managers.
He added that some members of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) would also be given the opportunity to undergo training.
During the session, Mr. James Deku, a waste management trainer at the Academy, took participants through ISWM, Circular Economy, Landfill Management, and Emissions Treatment. Mr. Isaac Awuah, also a trainer at the Academy, taught participants composting and thermal energy recovery.
An excited participant, Mr. Alex Fordjour, Operations Assistant at the Nwabiagya Municipal Office, expressed his appreciation for receiving such comprehensive training, which covered all the technical aspects of the work he undertakes at the district level.
“The training was insightful, and even though I hold a BSc in Environmental Science from KNUST, my classroom training was not as insightful as what I was taught by the trainers of the Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy,” he revealed.
“I look forward to implementing all the waste management strategies in my district and helping improve public health in my community,” he added.
