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Africa Re:Load, 29 th /30 th August 2011, Weimar Inorganic Binder Systems for Innovative Panel Technology in East Africa LightSHIP G. J. G. Gluth , W. Z. Taffese, G. S. Kumaran, H. C. Uzoegbo, H.-C. Kühne
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  • 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.