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Can agricultural waste help Uganda build more affordable homes?

Published by The Independent Uganda By The Independent · 30 October 2026 at 16:00
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Can agricultural waste help Uganda build more affordable homes?
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Leslie Kaneene, a Quantity Surveying graduate from Makerere University Kampala, is developing CoolBricks, a construction innovation that uses locally available soils and agricultural waste to produce bio-stabilised earth bricks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What if the answer to more affordable housing in Uganda lies partly in the soil beneath our feet and … The post Can agricultural waste help Uganda build mor

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