Governor of Mombasa County in Kenya has made a landmark trip to Jospong Group’s Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCARP), officially signing a new partnership agreement aimed at tackling the sanitation crisis in Mombasa through Ghana‑tested solutions.
During his visit to the facility in Kumasi, Governor Abdullswamad Sheriff Nassir was taken on a comprehensive tour of the plant’s organic composting tunnels, plastic pellet production lines, and waste‑sorting systems.
He highlighted the potential replicability of Jospong’s infrastructure model in East Coast Kenya, emphasising its capacity to support environmental health and economic growth.
Governor Nassir and Eugene Amo Asamoah, Business Development Manager, Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant [KCARP] of Jospong Group, signed the pact to formalise a strategic cooperation.
Under the agreement, Jospong will support Mombasa in deploying waste‑treatment infrastructure, waste separation, composting facilities, and a public awareness campaign. The initiative also covers job creation and capacity building within Kenyan communities.
Speaking at the compost site, Abdullswamad Sheriff Nassir stressed the need for urgent measures in managing waste and the possible employment opportunities it may have aside from the environmental essence.
“I am glad that we are the first county to sign up. We are hoping to start as soon as possible. I believe that working with the Jospong Group, they have proven themselves.
“Most importantly, we want to see our young people getting involved in waste management and converting waste instead of creating landfills that will always create problems to the environment is to comeup to the way of recycle and the purpose of recycling will not only create extra employment, rejuvenate the economy, but equally and most importantly we leave something for future generations,” Governor Nassir asserted.
Speaking on behalf of Jospong Group, Eugene Amo Asamoah, Business Development Manager at KCARP, assured of their readiness in terms of skill and expertise to tackle the degrading sanitation crisis in Kenya and Africa at large.
“It means a lot to us as the Jospong Group, the reason being that over the years we’ve gone through the mill and now we have the blueprint that provides a solution for the environment, and we think the solution we have now is what we have for Africans by Africans.
“The African can only solve its problems; we don’t have to wait for any other person from any other continent to solve our problems and challenges for us. Now, Mombasa is going to have a feel of what we as a solution to environmental sanitation challenges,” he stated.
KCARP, established by Zoomlion Ghana under Jospong Group, is Africa’s largest integrated compost-and-recycling plant with a daily capacity of up to 2,400 tonnes, processing organic, plastic, paper, metal, and textile waste through advanced sorting and composting systems.
In June 2024, a high-level Kenyan delegation, including the Council of Governors, toured Jospong facilities across Accra and Kumasi and expressed strong confidence in replicating the model in Kenya.
