About us

A sustainability consultancy built for circular development, climate action, and credible delivery.

ZEA International bridges global sustainability frameworks with African implementation realities across circular economy, ESG advisory, climate solutions, renewable energy, waste-to-value systems, and programme management.

Mission

To empower businesses, governments, institutions, and communities to transition toward a circular, low-carbon, and sustainable future by providing practical consulting services in ESG, climate solutions, circular economy, renewable energy, waste management, and programme delivery.

Vision

To become a trusted African-led sustainability and climate solutions partner, connecting local realities with international expertise, innovation, finance, and implementation capacity.

Values

Principles that keep technical work accountable.

Integrity

We provide evidence-based advice and transparent project support.

Innovation

We design practical solutions that turn sustainability challenges into opportunities.

Sustainability

We prioritise long-term environmental, social, and economic value.

Collaboration

We work with governments, businesses, academia, donors, and communities.

Impact

We focus on measurable outcomes, not only reports and concepts.

Inclusion

We design solutions that reflect local realities and community needs.

Why Africa

Local realities are not a footnote.

Circular economy and ESG plans only work when they account for infrastructure gaps, informal markets, policy capacity, finance access, and community adoption.

Built for African implementation

ZEA International combines African field experience with European research and international delivery standards. Our work is designed for real operating conditions: limited infrastructure, informal systems, financing gaps, policy complexity, and community adoption.

GovernmentsDFIs & donorsPrivate sectorNGOsAcademiaSMEsResearch partnersMunicipal authorities

Leadership & Advisory Board

A multidisciplinary leadership team built for strategy, technology, governance, finance, and delivery.

ZEA International is led by a multidisciplinary team with expertise across sustainability strategy, climate technology, circular economy, ESG, carbon finance, governance, legal coordination, business development, finance, and programme implementation.

Chief Executive Officer

Zipporah Asiedu

Sustainability Strategy | ESG | Circular Economy | Climate Project Development

Leipzig, Germany / Accra, Ghana

Zipporah leads ZEA International's strategy, partnerships, sustainability advisory, ESG services, climate project development, and institutional growth. She is a Chemical Engineer and sustainability professional with over a decade of experience in renewable energy, circular economy, waste-to-energy, sanitation, emissions reporting, and climate-focused project delivery across Africa and Europe.

ESG StrategySustainability AdvisoryCarbon ReportingCircular EconomyRenewable EnergyWaste-to-EnergySanitation SystemsCapacity Building

Chief Climate Technology & Innovation Officer

Dr. Edward Antwi

Waste-to-Energy | Carbon Finance | Green Technology | Renewable Energy Systems

Germany / Ghana

Edward leads ZEA's technical innovation across climate technology, waste-to-energy, carbon finance, CDM projects, green hydrogen, biogas, RDF, landfill gas, and renewable energy systems. He brings deep research, engineering, and project-development experience across Ghana, Germany, and wider international markets.

Waste-to-EnergyCarbon FinanceCDM ProjectsGreen HydrogenBiogasRDFLandfill GasRenewable Energy

Director of Governance, Legal & Institutional Operations

Anna-Ella Asiedu

Legal Coordination | Administration | Compliance | Organisational Systems

Accra, Ghana

Anna-Ella leads ZEA's governance, legal coordination, administration, compliance support, documentation, and institutional operations. She brings over ten years of experience in law, HR, public administration, financial-sector operations, and organisational coordination.

GovernanceLegal CoordinationAdministrationCompliance SupportHR SystemsInstitutional OperationsDocumentationStakeholder Coordination

Partnership-ready sustainability

Let's build sustainable solutions together.

Bring ZEA into strategy, project design, funding readiness, or delivery when the work needs both technical credibility and local execution.

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