GUEST: DANIEL VAN DER MERWE -  Convener of the Architecture South Africa Conference (AZA24),

The housing crisis is a critical issue affecting millions of South Africans. According to the National Housing Needs Register in 2023, some 2.3 million households and individuals are still waiting for a home - a huge backlog that’s set to get worse as our population is rapidly urbanising.

Problem-solvers, over and above being designers, how could architects contribute tocreating functional and socially responsible housing solutions, what is holding back

the process, and what other critical issues will be discussed at AZA24?

GUEST: DANIEL VAN DER MERWE -  Convener of the Architecture South Africa Conference (AZA24),
The housing crisis is a critical issue affecting millions of South Africans. According to the National Housing Needs Register in 2023, some 2.3 million households and individuals are still waiting for a home - a huge backlog that’s set to get worse as our population is rapidly urbanising.
Problem-solvers, over and above being designers, how could architects contribute tocreating functional and socially responsible housing solutions, what is holding back
the process, and what other critical issues will be discussed at AZA24?

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GUEST: DR. GAMUCHIRAI MUTEZO - Chief Operations Officer and Director of Circular Business Models at the African Circular Business Alliance (ACBA) & Founder of Madam Waste

WWW.MADAMWASTE.COM (INSTUDIO)



Decentralised Energy Systems (Biogas) I Organic Waste Management I Circular Economy  

Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo has 12 years of work experience underpinned by entrepreneurship, project management, renewable energy, and a keen focus on decentralising energy in African cities using anaerobic digestion. She is the Director of Circular Business Models at the African Circular Business Alliance (ACBA) and oversees the company’s daily business operations. Some of her duties include directing conversations, collaborations and co-creating circular business models and decarbonisation pathways to build a sustainable, profitable and scalable circular market in the African green economy and clean energy sub-sectors.



Her skill set includes but is not limited to project management and strategic planning, business operations and development, stakeholder management, leading teams to achieve deliverables, problem-solving, resilience and tenacity, peculiar attention to detail, ability to probe for quality, excellent communication skills (written and oral), flexibility to operate in different environments as well as empathy. She holds a B. Town and Regional Planning from the University of Pretoria, an MPhil in Energy Poverty and Development from the University of Cape Town, a Project Management Certificate from the University of South Africa and a DPhil in Urban Biogas and Circular Economy from the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo is also a member of the South African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA), South African Planning Institute (SAPI) and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN).



























Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo is the founder of Madam Waste, an urban energy planning firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Services offered span across urban energy planning, organic waste management and decentralised clean energy using anaerobic digestion. Using principles of circular economy, Madam Waste endeavours to constantly view waste not in its traditional sense of a disposable material, but as a resource for other activities. She is also a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Ecological Intelligence (University of Johannesburg) focusing on agro-ecological waste management and circular economy.

GUEST: DR. GAMUCHIRAI MUTEZO - Chief Operations Officer and Director of Circular Business Models at the African Circular Business Alliance (ACBA) &amp; Founder of Madam Waste
WWW.MADAMWASTE.COM (INSTUDIO)
 
Decentralised Energy Systems (Biogas) I Organic Waste Management I Circular Economy  
Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo has 12 years of work experience underpinned by entrepreneurship, project management, renewable energy, and a keen focus on decentralising energy in African cities using anaerobic digestion. She is the Director of Circular Business Models at the African Circular Business Alliance (ACBA) and oversees the company’s daily business operations. Some of her duties include directing conversations, collaborations and co-creating circular business models and decarbonisation pathways to build a sustainable, profitable and scalable circular market in the African green economy and clean energy sub-sectors.
 
Her skill set includes but is not limited to project management and strategic planning, business operations and development, stakeholder management, leading teams to achieve deliverables, problem-solving, resilience and tenacity, peculiar attention to detail, ability to probe for quality, excellent communication skills (written and oral), flexibility to operate in different environments as well as empathy. She holds a B. Town and Regional Planning from the University of Pretoria, an MPhil in Energy Poverty and Development from the University of Cape Town, a Project Management Certificate from the University of South Africa and a DPhil in Urban Biogas and Circular Economy from the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo is also a member of the South African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA), South African Planning Institute (SAPI) and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dr Gamuchirai Mutezo is the founder of Madam Waste, an urban energy planning firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Services offered span across urban energy planning, organic waste management and decentralised clean energy using anaerobic digestion. Using principles of circular economy, Madam Waste endeavours to constantly view waste not in its traditional sense of a disposable material, but as a resource for other activities. She is also a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Ecological Intelligence (University of Johannesburg) focusing on agro-ecological waste management and circular economy.

Sustainability meets Circularity

GUEST: URESHNI  MORRISON - Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator.



The impact of Harambee’s women-led initiatives in empowering females across South Africa. This includes creating vital employment and training opportunities that allow young women to enter and thrive in male-dominated industries such as technology, agriculture, and plumbing. Additionally, the conversation can cover the significance of establishing gender targets within job creation programmes to support women's integration into these sectors, thereby advancing financial independence and gender equality in the workforce.

GUEST: URESHNI  MORRISON - Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator.
 
The impact of Harambee’s women-led initiatives in empowering females across South Africa. This includes creating vital employment and training opportunities that allow young women to enter and thrive in male-dominated industries such as technology, agriculture, and plumbing. Additionally, the conversation can cover the significance of establishing gender targets within job creation programmes to support women's integration into these sectors, thereby advancing financial independence and gender equality in the workforce.

THOUGHTLEADER, STORYTELLERS  AND GRIOTS :    Are we investing enough resources for the growth of opportunities for young female entrepreneurs in South Africa?

GUEST: DR. CANDICE BAILEY - postdoctoral research fellow at WITS under the SA UK Bilateral Chair of Political Theory, looking at issues of democracy, citizenship and participation. She is also a journalist and editor with 22 years of experience. (TBC)

The book tells the unknown stories of the innovation and ingenuity of Africans who are solving African problems for African people.

The book includes exclusive interviews with Dr Marian Croak, a Vice President of Google as well as Mark E Dean who is the co-inventor of the IBM personal computer. There is a foreword written by world cricket legend Michael Holding who writes: “This book contains stories that are just not taught in the mainstream education.”

GUEST: DR. CANDICE BAILEY - postdoctoral research fellow at WITS under the SA UK Bilateral Chair of Political Theory, looking at issues of democracy, citizenship and participation. She is also a journalist and editor with 22 years of experience. (TBC)
The book tells the unknown stories of the innovation and ingenuity of Africans who are solving African problems for African people.
The book includes exclusive interviews with Dr Marian Croak, a Vice President of Google as well as Mark E Dean who is the co-inventor of the IBM personal computer. There is a foreword written by world cricket legend Michael Holding who writes: “This book contains stories that are just not taught in the mainstream education.”

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