{"id":453,"date":"2023-06-14T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mofaic.gov.zm\/london\/?p=453"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:23:48","slug":"president-hichilema-to-meet-putin-zelensky-under-african-peace-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT HICHILEMA TOURS ACCRA COMPOST AND RECYCLING PLANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia on 8<sup>th<\/sup> July 2023, toured Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP). The visit afforded the Head of State an opportunity to have first- hand knowledge of how ACARP, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies was managing Ghana\u2019s waste, and how the mechanism could be replicated in Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>The President commended the Jospong Group for creating jobs and employing youths who were particularly Ghanaians. The President assured the company that Zambia was ready to work with the group to transform the sanitation challenges in Zambia. President Hichilema also expressed delight in the company\u2019s ability to treat waste to produce organic fertilizer to support agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-836 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mofaic.gov.zm\/missions\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture8.jpg 457w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Hakainde Hichilema stressing a point during his visit to Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) on 8th July, 2023. Looking on is Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong Chairman of the Jospong Group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-837\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-837 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mofaic.gov.zm\/missions\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture9.jpg 385w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Chairman of the Jospong Group explaining to President Hakainde Hichilema how plastic bottles are recycled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mofaic.gov.zm\/missions\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture10.jpg 391w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers at the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) packing some of the finished products.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia on 8th July 2023, toured Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP). The visit afforded the Head of State an opportunity to have first- hand knowledge of how ACARP, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies was managing Ghana\u2019s waste, and how the mechanism could be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghana-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/accra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}