primary management team

city project

In Kampala the Makerere team is exploring demonstrable strategies for the transformation of waste management in the city at a local level.  The study will take place in densely populated middle- and low-income neighbourhoods in Kampala, looking at community led initiatives such as the co-production of fuel briquettes from organic waste as means of developing innovative waste economies. 

Across three local settlements, the team is working closely with community groups and organisations to investigate and assess the possibilities for developing demonstrable strategies for the transformation of waste management in the city. 

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Capacity building is central to the project as an overarching theme. This focuses on the process of scaling up business enterprises which could benefit the urban poor, along with reducing communities’ indirect costs associated with existing waste management practices. The team are also investigating how knowledge co-production and knowledge sharing between local actors can be used as a means to pave the way to policy change, institutionalising local enterprise solutions in waste management. 

KAMPALA, UGANDA

Kampala 

Makerere University 

GALLERY

latest & resources

KNOW Kampala Project Support Community Briquette Groups (blog)

Training Guide for Briquette Production (Practical Guide)

Integration of small-scale
waste businesses into

the urban economy  (Policy Brief)

COVID-19 lock down. Difficulties and implications past the pandemic (blog)

KNOW Working Paper No. 4 : case 2

 (paper)

Learning together across scales: the KNOW Africa Regional Network takes shape (blog)

Understanding socioeconomic shocks in Kampala (Shuaib Lwasa presents at UrbanARC 2020) 

Co-identifying and co-analysis of energy briquettes capacity gaps & needs (blog)

Co-Producing Innovative Energy Economies in Kampala (blog)

Multi-stakeholder engagement and learning experiences (blog)

Dialogues in Urban Equality #10 Institutional Learning 

Further details on the Kampala project 
(report compiled by the Makerere team)

KAMPALA team

Paul

Makwaya

City Partner Lead Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept., 
Makerere University

Teddy

Kisembo

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept., 
Makerere University

Judith

Mbabazi

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept., 
Makerere University

Hafisa

Namuli

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept., 
Makerere University

KNOW Working Paper No. 4
(Case 3)

KAMPALA PARTNERS

And additional local partners 

- The Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development 

- Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)

- KALOCODE

- Shelter and Settlement Alternatives (SSA)

- Uganda Human Settlements Network (UHSNET)

- Uganda Housing Cooperative Union (UHOCU)

- LUCHACOS 

know work package connections

WP1 

Co-Production

Innovative & inclusive waste economies

WP2

Comparison 

Extreme poverty & urban shocks  

WP3

Ethics

Ethics in research enterprise