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Ekaba Bisong
Consultant, GHG accounting and climate data science
Ekaba Bisong is a consultant with expertise in greenhouse gas accounting, applying data science, data engineering and machine learning to climate change challenges. He developed a land cover segmentation model using Landsat imagery to aid forestry emissions estimation for a Tier-3 inventory in Nigeria, and assessed the impact of circular economy principles on waste emissions.
His work covers national GHG inventories using modelling, estimation and accounting with GIS and remote sensing; machine learning models for emissions estimation; scenario analysis of emissions reduction strategies; agent-based modelling of environmental systems; and Monitoring, Reporting and Verification frameworks. He has worked on GHG estimation from land use and forestry at Adam Smith International, on the waste and circular economy analysis for Nigeria's NDC enhancement, and on the circular economy and natural capital agenda with the AfDB, RVO and GGKP.
He holds an MSc in Computer Science from Carleton University, Canada, with a focus on reinforcement learning, and a BSc in Computer Science from Babcock University, Nigeria. He is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at York University, United Kingdom, and a BSc in Mathematics at Athabasca University, Canada.
GHG accounting and inventoriesMRV frameworksGIS and remote sensingMachine learningScenario analysisAgent-based modellingNatural capital accounting
Education
- MSc Computer Science, Carleton University
- BSc Computer Science, Babcock University
Work the source links to Ekaba
StudyNigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB & Dutch RVO)
Nigeria's transition to a green economy.
A detailed evaluation of the current landscape for transitioning Nigeria from an unsustainable linear economic model to a circular model along critical sectors, and of the public-private partnership investments that link circularity to natural capital.
Read the case Illustration: Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria, CC BY 2.0.
FrameworkNigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB & Dutch RVO)
A roadmap framework for a circular Nigeria by 2050.
Built on a Theory of Change, the framework sets out the strategies and activities to be carried out towards transitioning Nigeria to a circular economy in 2050, accompanied by an MRV policy brief and a policy brief.
Read the case Illustration: A recycling collection team, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) - Africa program, CC BY 2.0.
StudyRwanda · Analysis period 1960 to 2030
Methane from Rwanda's solid waste disposal sites, 1960 to 2030.
A Tier 2 estimate of methane emissions from solid waste disposal sites in Rwanda from 1960 to 2030, using the IPCC First Order Decay model, as a component of carbon accounting for the waste sector.
Read the case Illustration: Kigali at dusk, Kigali, Rwanda. Photo Adrien K, CC BY 2.0.
ReportNigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB) · December 2020 to March 2021
Waste and circular economy analysis for Nigeria's enhanced NDC.
Analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from waste management in Nigeria and of the circular economy's impact on them, for the enhancement of the country's Nationally Determined Contribution for 2021 to 2025.
Read the case Illustration: Volunteers clearing waste from a market drain, Nigeria. Photo Abike25, CC BY-SA 4.0.Publications
Report
Waste Emission Modelling: Solid Waste Disposal Sites (SWDS), RwandaEkaba Bisong, Taiwo Adediran
Report · 2021 · AfDB
GHG Emissions from Waste Management in Nigeria: Analyzing Circular Economy ImpactsAfrican Green Growth & Development Forum, Ekaba Bisong
