Geo Pomona Waste Management Private Limited will promote labour skills transfer programme for the Southern African region to foster cooperation and integration.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman Dr Dilesh Nguwaya told the media after a tour of the site with Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Charles Tavengwa, that there will be a programme for skills transfer.
“The one thing I have seen driving most economies is skills transfer. Currently, we have welcomed more four universities within the country aimed at making sure that students have skills that go beyond an ordinary certificate and also transfer skills between my engineers and students.”
Dr Nguwaya said our company was one of its kind within the region, and “we have something to showcase to the Heads of State who will be present at the SADC industrial week and the Summit in August.
He said works were underway on the structural works for the sorting, water treatment and hazardous waste plants.
Dr Nguwaya said over 150 people have been employed directly under the project.
Minister Tavengwa said: “Employment generation and skills transfer are some of the components that will aid in Zimbabwe achieving its intended goals.
“With the SADC industrial week already around the corner, most SADC countries must learn from what Geo Pomona is doing and incorporate it into their own nations.”
Minister Tavengwa also pointed out that it was critical for management of waste to start at household level.
“There is need to start managing waste like from a household level to a secondary level to complement what Geo Pomona is doing,” said the Minister.
“Here at Geo Pomona, we are witnessing an integrated waste management system aimed at changing the whole culture of waste management.”
Minister Tavengwa toured our site in the company of Permanent Secretary Cosmas Chiringa, Harare City Council Town Clerk Engineer Hosiah Chisango and service chiefs.
The waste-to-energy project is taking shape in line with our timelines set when we took over the site from the City of Harare in April 2022.
