Jeffrey Kwabena Yeboah is helping transform waste in Accra, Ghana into household furniture. The entrepreneur uses old tyres to make coffee tables and arm chairs for sale. Yeboah did not want to waste time searching for employment so he decided to start his own business instead.

Residents of the Egyptian village of Mit al-Harun eke out a living by recycling old tyres into baskets, landscaping materials and alternative fuels.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed substandard LPG cylinders and aluminum and galvanised roofing sheets worth over N450 million, noting that these goods failed the minimum requirement of the standards.

Standard agency destroys LPG cylinders, Tyres for failing quality parameters

Sudanese citizens take to the streets and block the roads with burning tyres in protest against the military and the arrest of Sudan's prime minister. Armed forces detained Omar al-Bashir on October 25th over his refusal to support their "coup" after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian figures sharing power since the ouster of the autocrat.

Nigerian artist Blessing Ibie transforms abandoned tyres into impressive sculptures, creating job opportunities for young people in his community. He pays the kids to collect tyres off the streets and at the same time they clean up the environment.