1. LightSHIP
Inorganic Binder Systems for Innovative Panel Technology in
East Africa
G. J. G. Gluth, W. Z. Taffese, G. S. Kumaran, H. C. Uzoegbo, H.-C. Khne

2. Urban population
*projection
Urban population in Africa
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision; United Nations: New York, 2008.

3. Need for affordable building materials
Large increase in urban population
e.g., population of Addis Ababa has doubled nearly every decade

• Associated problem of enormous pressure on social and physical infrastructures (slums)

Alemayehu, E. Y. PhD Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, 2008.

• Large need for affordable buidling materials to construct housings, public buildings etc.