DIF on AIR Africa: Can It Become a Circular Continent?

Co-Founder, African Circular Economy Network, UK

Focus: Circular Economy - convening, connecting, coaching and case studies
Specialities: sharing knowledge about the Circular Economy, helping SMEs in developing circular business models and developing the idea of circular cities
Sectors: small and medium-sized enterprises in both the Global North and Global South Knowledge: I have recently graduated from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University with an MA in Globalisation, Business and Development.

Exploration Manager, AB-InBev

Jason Stamm is an Exploration manager at ZX Ventures/AB InBev. He’s currently based in Switzerland and on assignment in South Africa to develop a new product made with spent grain focused on affordable nutrition. Jason formerly worked on the US-based startup, Canvas, a sustainable, high-fiber + plant protein shake made with spent grain and other plant-based ingredients, which was developed in AB InBev's first internal ZXLerator in 2016. He joined AB InBev’s Global Procurement Organization in 2015 after graduating with an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He’s obsessive about social impact and innovation through intrapreneurship, and is one of 3 regional co-directors for the Circle of Young Intrapreneurs’ Europe region – part of a global network focused on promoting social intrapreneurship.

Director, EnviroSense, South Africa

Susanne Karcher has extensive experience in resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) planning initiatives and project execution. Also, her expertise has been demonstrated in the conceptualisation of high-level strategies, formulation of action plans, policies, standards and writing of reports, as well as management and marketing of the Southern African E-Waste Alliance.

Directeur Associé - Déclic, Conseil en RSE - Communication Responsable, Morocco

Radia Cheikh Lahlou is an Associate Director of DÉCLIC, a communication agency based in Casablanca, Morocco. DÉCLIC was established in 2007 advises companies on their sustainable development communications as well as on their CSR strategy to create new forms of shared value by reducing the social and environmental costs.

Pincipal Technologist (Urban Planning & GIS), Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Paul works to create modular planning policies that are designed to meet the needs of developing regions. This includes the development of inclusive policies and processes within the planning realm, as well as the need to develop Circularity in Urban Waste Management Systems.