We align missions across cultures and sectors with people who thrive in challenge, who respect the grind and the intelligence behind the innovation and societal shifts.

Over the next 10 years, Uninhibited Development Solutions aims to catalyse £100 million in value for circular textile innovation products and services across the African continent, driving the future of sustainable fashion.

To do this, we focus on two simple growth pathways:

  • Equity-based Circular Innovation research and development.

  • Cultural Capital Building.

CIRCULAR INNOVATION STUDIOS

Explore the latest service in art-science studios for circular textile innovation and cultural capital building.

Implement your inclusive circular economy strategy through equity-access driven circular innovation participation for African post-consumer textile engineering talent and African creatives.

Gain a unique cultural identity for your circular innovation solutions for market reach across Africa.

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At the IE Collective UK, we are a team dedicated to making environmental sustainability a top priority for wealth creation and business ownership.

We focus on developing creative-science solutions for the most inclusive engine of sustainable innovation and value creation.

IE Collective UK: Textile waste in Accra, Ghana

IE Collective UK is an exclusive eco-system of strategy, resource sharing and collaborations driving strategic investment in climate adaptation for systemically excluded communities through a focus on scaling up highly sustainable businesses.

INSPIRATION BEHIND IE COLLECTIVE UK

IE Collective UK was created as a response to my master’s research in University of Bristol’s MSc Global Development and Environment programme.

I developed and conducted an international participatory research project in Kantamanto market, in Accra, Ghana, with the great support my local host Richmond Osei-Bonsu.

According to The OR foundation, 15 million pieces of second-hand textiles flow into Kantamanto market weekly. Some are such poor condition that they cannot be resold. Ghana’s existing waste management structures cannot process all the textile waste flowing into the market.

However, the informal traders made it clear that are not seeking an end to their livelihoods, they want better quality clothing and trade conditions.

I wanted to a design a solution that provides generational support rather than one-off advocacy.

Read more my article about my research here

EXPERIENCE WITH KAYAYEI’S DAUGHTER

I realised the answer was not a short term campaign. I was deeply touched my experience with a Kayayei’s (female head porter) daughter, who was a very happy child but her future was already looking bleak. Despite being school age, her mother had no capacity to take her school, as every cedi counts in the work as kayayei - so she stayed with her mother in the market.

With the dwindling quality of clothing and the potential of new EU environmental regulations impacting the trade, it was clear that the worst hit would be Kayayei and - by extension - their children with any significant losses to the market.

Learn more about the Kantamanto research here.

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT CLIENTS/WORK EXPERIENCE

I have a rich and deep experience spanning 8 years working in corporate social responsibility, community investment, gender equality, environmental sustainability and participatory research co-created with marginalised communities and youth.