Monrovia, Liberia – The management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has refuted claims that it is unable to complete World Bank projects because of problems with the World Bank. The Ace West African giant company said since its removal from debarment as far back as September 2013 it has been doing business with the Bank and its affiliates.
According to Zoomlion’s managing director, Mrs. Gloria Opoku Anti, “we were invited by several international donors to bid for projects across Africa on the very day of our removal,” highlighting the trust that the world community has in Zoomlion’s competence and moral character.
She clarified that the company has been overseeing a project that was supported by the International Development Association (IDA). In 2013, the IDA-funded Second Urban Environmental Sanitation Project (UESP2) awarded Zoomlion Ghana Limited a contract to decommission the Kpone Landfill site in Ghana. The second contract, which started on June 1st, 2020, and was likewise supported by the IDA, a World Bank subsidiary, lasted for 18 months and was successfully completed.
During a weekend interview in Ghana’s capital, Accra, Zoomlion’s managing director, Mrs. Gloria Opoku Anti, explained that the company has been in business for 19 years and has significantly improved sanitation standards throughout Africa, not just in Ghana. “We have dedicated countless hours to providing unmatched waste management services in multiple African nations, transforming communities and enhancing public health,” she stated.
In Lagos, Nigeria, Zoomlion Nigeria Limited, a division of the Jospong Group of Companies, had started a large waste management project worth €40 million as of October 2024. The goal of this project is to build three cutting-edge waste treatment facilities in collaboration with the German companies FIMA Industries GmbH and FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH.
The initiative, which is backed by Oddo BHF Bank and Euler Hermes, the export credit agency of the German government, is expected to cut CO2 emissions by around 1.5 million tons a year. The Jospong Group intends to invest an extra $200 million in Lagos State over the course of the following two years in order to improve the state’s waste management infrastructure.
“This partnership demonstrates Zoomlion’s dedication to environmentally friendly practices and its growing presence in Africa’s sanitation industry,” Mrs. Anti said.
Another significant event was the Ugandan government’s decision to collaborate with Zoomlion’s parent firm, the Jospong Group, to decommission the 39-acre Kiteezi Landfill in the Wakiso District, close to Kampala, which erupted and claimed 21 lives.
In order to enhance environmental cleanliness in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, the Group also intends to invest in transfer stations and integrated composting and recycling systems, which will offer complete waste treatment and disposal options.
Additionally, Jospong Group has received a proposal from the African Development Bank to build a waste water and fecal treatment plant in Rwanda.
The goal of each of these contracts is to empower and collaborate with local garbage collectors by providing them with tricycles and other logistics tools to enable efficient and successful rubbish collection while also fostering job development.
“No matter where we go, we aim to do this,” Mrs. Anti said.
Regarding past difficulties, Mrs. Anti admitted that Zoomlion has seen its fair share of difficulties, just like any other company. “Errors can happen in business,” she said.
According to her, the business has invested much in compliance systems to guarantee responsibility, openness, and conformity to global norms.
In order to comply with international environmental standards, Zoomlion has operationally expanded its portfolio to include climate-friendly initiatives. Waste collection, recycling, composting, and waste recovery are all part of the company’s “360-degree waste management” strategy, which also includes waste to energy initiatives in the works.
The firm has set up 20 integrated compost and recycling plants in Ghana with cutting-edge machinery from leading European equipment manufacturers including KOMPTECH and LUBO. Furthermore, it has built 15 medical waste treatment plants, 16 plastic waste treatment plants, and 7 liquid waste treatment plants, for a total of 58 treatment facilities nationwide.
