Building Circular Futures, Together
Happy 2026
2025 marked a milestone year for United Village Global (UVG).
Together with members, partners, researchers, NGOs, and communities across Africa and Europe, we advanced a shared mission:
Helping young people see their future in the village — by enabling locally owned, self-sufficient, and resilient infrastructure systems.
UVG works at village scale, where real change happens. Over the past year, we moved from ideas to action, building the foundations for circular, regenerative, and locally governed production systems.
What’s Next
We are now actively engaging:
- Local operators and franchise owners
- Suppliers and manufacturers
- Architects, engineers, and builders
- Donors and impact investors
- Educators and learning platforms
If you feel called to build systems that last — socially, economically, and ecologically:
Our 2025 Journey
Geneva & Zurich
April - May
Recruitment of the UVG Board and Executive Team
June
Co-creation workshops: Capacity to Rebuild
Paris
Rome
July
Co-creation workshops focused on Ukraine
Nov 5th
Net-Zero Futures Conference
Capetown
Capetown
Nov 5th - 7th
UVG-sponsored Building Circular Futures
Nov 11–13
Green Building Convention (WGBC)
Capetown
Gauteng
November
Makerspace visits and ecosystem engagement
Dec 3rd – 5th
Forum Holzbau International (timber construction conference)
Innsbruck
With gratitude — this work is only possible through collaboration.
Acknowledging the Ecosystem
- Community & NGO Leadership
Engage & Empower · Local Push Ventures · Salesian Institute Youth Projects - Design, Engineering & Construction
Produktif · Design Trilogy Architects · TeknoKraft · ARG Design · Osmond Lange Architects - Research, Standards & Academia
CSIR · SINTEF · VITO · University of Cape Town (UCT) · University of Pretoria (Schalk Grobbelaar & Kanyanta Chipanta) · TalTech · NTNU · OsloMET · The Net-Zero Future Project - (Interested in joining the UVG Scientific Advisory Board? Please indicate your interest in the invitation.)
- Industry & Materials
Vaager Innovation · NCE Manufacturing · Saint-Gobain · Univergy Solar · Adbek Group · Balteschwiler · Nussi · Hilti · Simpson Strong-Tie - Finance, Policy & Impact
African Housing & Infrastructure Fund (AHIF) · World Bank · PwC · Alghanim Group - Youth, Education & Platforms
Expo for Young Scientists · Learnio · Era92
And our Partners and Friends across South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda, Europe, and beyond.
