Kenya has opened Africa’s first large-scale electronic waste recycling plant in Nairobi, targeting growing volumes of discarded smartphones, laptops, and batteries. The $40 million facility is supported by the UN and EU, and will employ over 2,000 people.
The hub will process over 50,000 tons of e-waste annually and promote circular economy principles. Experts from Bangladesh and India have been invited to collaborate on tech transfer and scaling such models.
This move is being watched by South Asian environmental agencies that face similar e-waste surges in urban areas.
