construction

How Mamoudou Touré turned Typha from a Problem into a Solution with HABIDEM in Mauritania

ThomasJuly 10, 2020AfricaX Changemaker Interviews

Meet Mamoudou Touré, agricultural engineer by training, who with his friend and business partner, turns the plant Typha into a material for construction with their business HABIDEM in Mauritania. In the south of Mauritania there is a lot of Typha and it presents a challenge as it is spreading rapidly and blocking irrigation channels for the…

Youness Ouazri – How to start a sustainable construction company in Morocco

ThomasFebruary 14, 2020AfricaX Changemaker Interviews

Meet Youness Ouazri, the founder of Ecodome Maroc. Based in Casablanca, Morocco, his vision is to revive the earthen construction patrimony in Morocco and to give people who don’t have adequate economic resources access to infrastructure. In 2015, Youness Ouazri graduated with a civil engineering degree and an honorable mention. Before long, he had secured a…