Yayra Agbofah’s lab in Ghana earns global acclaim for championing circularity and sustainable livelihoods.
Yayra Agbofah, wins the Global Change Award 2025.
Each year, the Global Change Award spotlights early-stage innovations poised to revolutionize the textile industry, and in 2025, Ghana’s Yayra Agbofah has emerged as one of the ten visionary winners.
His initiative, The Revival Circularity Lab, is turning textile waste into opportunity in Accra’s Kantamanto Market by upcycling unsellable garments through repair, design, and artisan-led craftsmanship.
By blending community ownership, education, and sustainable design, the lab not only extends the life of textiles but also creates jobs and prototypes reuse solutions for everything from fashion to construction. This grassroots model of circularity is reshaping how communities engage with waste—and what the future of fashion could look like.
Yayra Agbofah winners of Global Change Award 2025.
As a winner, Yayra receives a €200,000 grant and access to the yearlong GCA Changemaker Programme, led by the H&M Foundation with Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The programme offers innovation coaching, systems-thinking tools, and leadership support to bring bold ideas like Yayra’s closer to scalable impact.
