{"id":6141,"date":"2025-01-16T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/?post_type=ecofine_portfolio&#038;p=6141"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:50:36","slug":"building-for-the-african-century","status":"publish","type":"ecofine_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/?ecofine_portfolio=building-for-the-african-century","title":{"rendered":"Building for the African Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6142\" src=\"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-728x1024.png 728w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-768x1081.png 768w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-1091x1536.png 1091w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1-600x844.png 600w, https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Built-environment-report-cover-1.png 1198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Building for the African Century: case studies in the architecture and built environment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Africa\u2019s urgent need for decent housing and future-proof infrastructure can only be met through circular approaches. In this report, we present 15 impactful case studies from businesses leading the way. We also explore key themes that experts believe are essential to making circularity a reality: fostering innovation, securing financing, developing affordable housing, reducing embodied carbon, and advancing standardization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BuildingfortheAfricanCentury-December2022.pdf\">Read full report here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building for the African Century: case studies in the architecture and built environment Africa\u2019s urgent need for decent housing and future-proof infrastructure can only be met through circular approaches. In this report, we present 15 impactful case studies from businesses leading the way. We also explore key themes that experts believe are essential to making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6142,"menu_order":0,"template":"","ecofine_portfolio_cat":[47],"ecofine_portfolio_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6141","ecofine_portfolio","type-ecofine_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ecofine_portfolio_cat-circular-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ecofine_portfolio\/6141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ecofine_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ecofine_portfolio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ecofine_portfolio_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fecofine_portfolio_cat&post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"ecofine_portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifootprintsafrica.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fecofine_portfolio_tag&post=6141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}