Watch it again: Green digitalisation and sustainable ICT products in Africa
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By Watch our two webinars, which tackle green digitalisation in the African region, with a focus on Kenya. African and European stakeholders attended to discuss global policy and standards, with a shared goal of resilient, green, and digital economies.
ICT products – including computers, phones, and tablets – can have damaging environmental impacts. As global demand for these products soars, managing e-waste and the end-of-life challenges has become urgent.
Effective and environmentally ambitious policies and standards can help to address the negative impacts of ICT products. However, global collaboration and exchange are key, because different regions approach the challenges in different ways – and both technical and local knowledge must play a role.
In a two-part webinar series covering (1) the environmental impacts of ICT products and (2) how to boost the uptake of sustainable ICT products, ECOS provided a platform for such an exchange.
Webinar 1: Exploring the environmental impacts of ICT products
Speakers Mathieu Rama of ECOS and Mathew Lubari of CC4D share information about the environmental impacts of ICT products. They also introduce examples of ecodesign and e-waste management standards and policies, exploring best practices and insights from Europe and Africa – including the repair community built by CC4D in South Sudan and Uganda.
Webinar 2: Boosting the uptake of sustainable ICT products
The second webinar focuses on the potential of solutions like digital product passports and sustainable procurement for boosting the uptake of sustainable ICT products, including in a Kenyan context. Speakers Mathieu Rama of ECOS and Leandro Navarro and Sergio Giménez of eReuse highlight that there are many opportunities for African policy and standardisation to tackle environmental issues arising from ICT.
Register now! The recording will be posted here after the webinar.
Get involved
Get in touch to find out more about ECOS work in the African region or on sustainable electronics. Contact Marxine Waite (marxine.waite@ecostandard.org) or Mathieu Rama (mathieu.rama@ecostandard.org).
Do you also work on ICT products, standards, or policy? Join our upcoming event:
In-person workshop: Inclusive standards and technical policies for circular ICT
This workshop will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on 24 September 2026. It will be an interactive session to identify the enablers of and barriers to the adoption of sustainable ICT policies and standards in the African region. Do you want to attend? Let us know and we will keep you up to date. Contact Marxine Waite (marxine.waite@ecostandard.org).
InDiCo Global
The ECOS project under which this work is being carried out, ‘Promoting green digitalisation: Sharing EU ICT product standardisation and policy insights’, is one of the beneficiaries of the broader InDiCo Global initiative.
InDiCo Global brings together the three European Standardisation Organisations: ETSI, CEN, and CENELEC – each with its pool of thousands of standards experts in Europe and beyond. Working with consortium members and project beneficiaries, including ECOS, the initiative aims to shape global standards and enhance collaboration. Subscribe to the InDiCo Global newsletter for updates.
This work is part of the ECOS project ‘Promoting green digitalisation: Sharing EU ICT product standardisation and policy insights’. This project is one of the beneficiaries of a grant under the first Open Call under InDiCo-Global, which is a project funded as part of the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101136022. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
