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.
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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:
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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

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.

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