“This alien plant, lethal for the environment, is being turned into a plastic
to regrow forests.” Our story has had a good year in the media — here’s where
you can read more than the headlines.
The major beats
- CNN — feature on the Lake Naivasha cleanup and the wrapper.
- BBC News — Africa Daily, on the economics of paying fishermen to harvest the weed.
- AP News — a wire piece picked up across hundreds of regional outlets.
- Obama Foundation — profile through the Africa Leaders Program.
- Washington Times, The Independent, The Hindu — sustained coverage internationally.
- TriplePundit, GreenPath Africa, Africanews, Nation.Africa — sectoral and regional reporting on circular economy in Africa.
- UNifeed & UN DESA channels — the SDG-aligned framing.
What we say when asked
The story is, at its core, a simple one: take one environmental problem
(invasive water hyacinth, choking 70+ countries’ lakes), use it to solve
another (single-use plastic pollution), pay people who live with the first
problem to be part of the solution. That third part is the part we care
about most — and the part that doesn’t make most of the news cycle.
We’re showing that innovation can come from where the problem is.
— The HyaPak team
For high-resolution images, interviews, fact-checking, or to license the
coverage — please reach out via info@hyapak.com.