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Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, executive chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, has signed a memorandum of understanding between Zoomlion Ghana Limited and Geo Pomona Waste Management of Zimbabwe, opening a cross-border partnership to transform waste collection, processing and recycling in a country grappling with rapid urban growth.
The agreement was signed at Peduase Lodge in Accra in the presence of senior government officials and private-sector representatives from both countries. Agyepong signed on behalf of Zoomlion, while Dr. Dilesh Nguwaya, chief executive officer and executive chairman of Geo Pomona Waste Management, signed for the Zimbabwean company.
Under the agreement, Zoomlion will share its experience in integrated waste management, drawing on operations across Ghana that include more than 36 waste recycling and processing facilities. Geo Pomona will contribute local knowledge and operational capacity within Zimbabwe's waste management sector. The partnership covers technology sharing, technical expertise and the exchange of best practices, with a focus on improving sanitation and environmental sustainability.
Both companies said the collaboration is designed to address challenges tied to rapid urbanization, rising waste volumes and environmental pressure in Zimbabwe's urban centers. If successfully implemented, the deal is expected to deliver cleaner urban environments, better landfill management, expanded recycling capacity and new job opportunities.
Agyepong said the partnership would promote sustainable waste management practices, including recycling and waste-to-energy initiatives. He said the deal reflects a broader push to encourage intra-African exchange of homegrown solutions to shared development challenges rather than relying on approaches imported from outside the continent.
The MoU establishes the framework for cooperation, with both parties indicating they intend to begin implementation immediately. Zoomlion said strengthening waste collection, processing and disposal systems in Zimbabwe is the central operational goal.
Zoomlion is a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, a Ghanaian conglomerate with operations spanning waste management, road infrastructure, information technology and agriculture across multiple African markets. Agyepong has positioned waste management as a core growth area for JGC, and the Zimbabwe deal extends a pattern of cross-border agreements that have taken the group's operational model into new markets across the continent. Also present at the signing was Adelaide Araba Siaw Agyepong, chief executive officer of African Agribusiness Consortium Ltd.
