Increasing population with its resultant increased waste production in Ghana has outpaced the country’s capacity for effective waste management. Innovative solutions to domestic waste management can bridge this capacity gap and lead to cleaner environments and healthier citizens.
Main applications:
Recycling, E-Waste Management, Biogas Generation, Biomass Power
Grow for Me is into an outgrower scheme and commodity trading. Established in 2020, the enterprise is currently located in Haatso, Accra with 19 employees. Through its crowd funding approach, the company mobilises funds from the investing public and invests the funds in its commodity trading scheme or outgrower scheme depending on the preference of the investor. Grow for me’s activities helps to reduce post-harvest losses which could decompose to release methane. Their new focus is on the production of sustainable aviation fuel from agricultural plants which would be is an eco-friendly alternative to polluting Jet fuels.
TekXul Company Ltd was established in 2011 and is located at Kumasi with 3 employees. This enterprise is into domestic and industrial water purification systems. Tekxul develops and installs systems that recycle wastewater for re-use. TekXul is therefore addressing the issue of water scarcity and promoting sustainable water use.
Imogen Carly Ventures is a plastic waste processing business located at Berekum. It was established in 2022 and has a staff strength of 30 employees. Their main activities include the collection, shredding, washing and pelletizing of plastic waste which are sold to plastic recyclers. Imogen ventures therefore produces ready to use recycled plastic materials and prevents GHG emission by the previously explained processed.
Premier Waste Services, established in 2018, is located at Kumasi and is into plastic waste processing with the capacity to process 20 tonnes of plastic waste every month. The main operations of the business involves the collection and crushing of plastic waste which is sold to recycling companies for further transformation. Premier’s activities also prevent GHG emissions through the process explained earlier. With the ability to process 20 tons of plastic waste each month, they also prevent 77,000 kg of carbon emissions per month.
Uvuko Co. Ltd is a plastic waste processing business located in Tarkwa with an installed capacity of 12 tonnes every month. They are into the collection, shredding,
washing and sale of plastic materials to recycling companies. They have a current staff strength of 7 employees. Generally, recycling helps to reduce GHG emissions
by preventing the extraction, processing, and transportation of new raw materials, as well as by reducing landfill waste, which is a major source of methane. By
processing 12 tons of plastic waste each month, Uvoko activities results in prevent 46,200 tonnes of carbon emissions per month as the emissions savings per kg of
recycled plastic averages at around 3.85kg.
Eazz Foods is a food processing company that adds value to eggs by processing egg and egg shells into powder forms to feed the bakery and animal feed processing industries. Their innovation offsets food loss in the poultry industry through breakage of eggs during transportation. Transportation of eggs and egg shells in powdered forms saves transportation cost and eventually reduce carbon emissions through bulk transportation (powdered form) instead of raw state. To improve on the quality of egg and egg shell powder, firm intends to further improve upon the product quality through acquisition and use of required machinery (dryers and trays), lab analysis and branding. Being with GCIC incubator programme, the enterprise will be supported to the aforementioned mechanisation efforts.
ASA Nwura is a circular economy-driven cleantech company, that leverages localized strategies and easy-to-use digital technologies to close loops in the waste value chain, thereby creating cash and kind incentives for waste generators, who are their supply-driven customers. At the core of their operation, they seek to address the challenge with waste pollution and its associated climate destabilization as well as create economic inclusion for low- and middle-income households, especially women. The business contributes to waste management by rechanneling plastic waste as raw materials for recyclers. Through their intervention, emissions from landfilled plastics are reduced. The company incorporates sustainability principles into its operations to minimize their carbon footprint by reducing its transportation with the use of a dedicated USSD solution to source its plastic waste.
GCIC will support Asa Nwura to scale its operations through the provision of machines, business advisory services, business coaching. Furthermore, the incubator will among others assist the company in activating its export business plans.
SESA is a recycling company in Ghana with the mission to alleviate poverty through plastic recovery and a determination to improve circular economy. Through digital and innovative incentive programs, Sesa is providing high-quality recyclates, sourced with high social impact in Ghana. Sesa currently has three collection sites situated in Accra with a combined recycling capacity of 20 tons per month. Through its operations, the company contributes to the reduction of plastic waste which have dire negative impact on the environment. To ensure that its operations are not detrimental to the environment, the company has adopted a collection and delivery scheduling approach that minimizes its carbon footprint through optimized transportation.
By joining the incubator, the company is seeking to receive support from GCIC to aid its scaling plans. The support among others include but not limited to business advisory support, market linkages, financial grant to acquire recycling machines, technical support and business model fine-tuning.
Mending Papers produces and sell biodegradable paper bags, envelopes and other paper products to serve our customers ranging from hotels, boutiques and event planners. The enterprise produces papers from agricultural wastes such as corn husks, banana & plantain stems and rice straws to serve as preferable alternative to plastic packages. Using agricultural wastes for paper production provides an alternative raw material to using trees for paper manufacturing which reduces excessive consumption of trees. Apart from this, their operation avoids methane gas which could have been generated from agricultural wastes when left on the field.
GCIC will be supporting the enterprise to improve quality of the current state of their paper and paper products.
Fibrewealth manufactures cocopeat, an organic growing medium and fiber products made from the husk of the waste from coconut fruit. The company which was established in 2014 operates from Adjei Kojo in the Tema West Municipality which is near Tema. The company’s business transcends both the waste management and agricultural sectors as the company uses discarded coconut husks as raw material for its production to offer an alternative to the use of topsoil for farming. Cocopeat is the spongy material that binds the coconut fiber in the husk. It is a by-product separated out of the husk while extracting the fiber. It has capacity to hold moisture eight times its weight, hence makes coir pith an excellent soil conditioner. The company also produces organic manure which serve as carbon sinks for sale to farmers. The use of cocopeat technology provides soil and water conservation measure, thereby reducing likelihood of an extensive loss of nutrients through cultivation of crops on soils, and eventually leading to the loss of soil’s ability to capture carbon. Cocopeat technology also reduces methane gas from coconut wastes when landfilled by processing into cocopeat.
GCIC is supporting Fibrewealth to develop inhouse laboratory with requisite testing equipment such as EC and PH meters to ensure that cocopeat produced meet required standards in terms of acidity, nutrient contents and electrical conductivity.
Byhezz is an upcycling business that produces interior decorative solutions from waste car tyres for individual and corporate use. Byhezz’s product line ranges from wall mirrors, tables, chairs and key holders. The operations of Byhezz reduces methane gas that would have been emitted when tryres are landfilled and offsets poisonous gases if same is burnt openly. Poor management of lorry tyres are results in air pollutions with resultant environmental and social hazards. The services of Byhezz helps to address these hazards through the upcycling of wastes lorry tryres into useful products of economic benefit.
GCIC will be supporting Byhezz with incorporate technology and improved machinery into its production process as well as acquire tricycle for the transportation of raw materials and finished products.
Advanced Packaging offers a superior product range of environmentally friendly paper packaging, that can be customized to the individual needs of customers. Advanced Packaging vision is to become one of the best packaging companies in the industry, by delivering packaging excellence, defined by superior quality, continuous improvement and environmentally sustainable practices. The enterprise’ major client is the pharmaceutical industries which make use of his paper cartons particularly in the Ashanti and the Bono regions. The business is environmentally and socially conscious and treats liquid wastes from its operations before discharging into main drains to minimize its carbon footprint and water pollutions.
The enterprise offsets emissions arising from the burning of papers, as carton used by him are recycled and reused for reforming card boxes. Additionally, paper wastes generated from his production centre and clients are collected and used as raw materials for his paper business.
GCIC will be supporting Advanced Packaging to acquire an egg crate manufacturing machine to further turn paper wastes into egg crates to replace plastic egg crates and reduce paper pollutions and emissions across the country.
Mrs Vivian Opoku is a digital marketing environmentalist who serves as the Marketing Lead for Ecofashion Ghana Limited. She loves to inspire people to stay away from creating more plastic waste through lifestyle and recycling plastics. She encourages them to use their online presence to advocate for a safe environment and fight climate change.
Eco Fashion is an eco-friendly company that provides holistic recycling solutions to plastic by recycling plastics into useful products and also provides repairs and remodelling services for customers’ damaged or old products.
The company’s value proposition is to give customers durable, quality and functional upcycled and recycled plastic products which they wouldn’t have to dump to pollute the environment when they become old or damaged because they can bring them back for repairs and remodelling. Our customers and we are partners in saving and preserving the environment.
Website: https://ecofashiongh.com/
Yougbare Ibrahim is the CEO of Pyramid Recycling Enterprise. He leads a team of 9 at the company and acts as the lead engineer on their projects.
Pyramid Recycling Enterprise is a plastic processing company that creates alternatives for wood out of waste plastics and fibre (rice husks, sawdust). Starting in 2007, the business has gradually grown from the processing of 1 ton of plastic waste per month to over 20 tons per month presently. Its end products include wood-plastic beams, chairs, shoes, curtain ropes, panels, pallets, sticks, poles, school furniture, and outdoor furniture.
Green Campus is an organization that seeks to improve sanitation by advocating proper waste management through the distribution and sale of trash bags, the initiation of waste assortment projects, and the recycling of the waste.
It believes that empowering citizens, especially the youth, with the requisite tools and education to enable them efficiently to manage their waste is the initial step to re-orienting them about the effects waste has on the climate.
Papa Yaw Agyekum Addo, CEO of Green Campus, has won several awards such as the Male Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2018, Duapa Social Enterprise Challenge 2nd Place, Entrepreneurship Challenge Most Popular Company – Green Campus, President, Old Achimotan Association Year Group – 2014 Think-Thank Award.
Kor.Le.Kour is an accessories brand which makes jewelry from recycled glass. Launched in Dec 2015 and located in Adenta in the greater Accra region, the company was established to produce beads and beaded jewelry and accessories at affordable prices for the Ghanaian and international market. The aim is to become the leading sustainable jewelry production and distribution company in Ghana and beyond.
Priscilla Korlekour Agyeman is the creative lead for Kor.Le.Kour Accessories, she holds a BA in Industrial Art from the KNUST and spent the last 8 years working in 3 multinational companies, namely British American Tobacco, Nestle CWAR and Jumia. She has held roles in HR/Admin, Marketing and Social Media management.
Eyram Amedzor is a software developer and cybersecurity professional. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Jumeni. He formerly worked as an Upwork Freelancer, offering various tech support services for clients around the world. He was the former Vice President of IEEE Ghana Student Branch and pioneered many knowledge transfer programs. He is an ardent technology enthusiast and passionate about solving everyday problems using technology. Emmanuel Oduro is a co-founder and technical lead of Jumeni. He has an Economics background and has experience building enterprise software for industries. He is the founder of PED Solutions, a software company that built enterprise software and websites for companies and also provided consultancy services. Emmanuel spearheaded the digital migration of a number of institutions in Ghana and continues to mentor aspiring programs to gain the required skills for the industry. Kevin Gawo is a co-founder and product lead of Jumeni. He holds BEng in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Moi University Kenya. He has work experience in different areas of manufacturing such as textiles, pharmaceuticals and packaging. He has been part of two startups namely Kizizi enterprise, which worked on planning events, the Colour Festival and AfyaZuri, which built Information Management Systems for hospitals. Kevin is a graphic designer who builds simple, intuitive user interfaces and creating a seamless user experience for products.
Jumeni Technologies Limited is a Software as A Service (SAAS) company focused on delivering value to Waste Management companies by providing complementary, easily integrated software solutions to challenges faced by companies in the value chain. Our current focus is improving efficiency in managing operations, automating revenue collection and enabling digital engagement with customers. Jumeni aims to reduce solid waste pollution by providing waste collection companies with the necessary technologies to track field operations in real time, while at the same time providing the general public with access to an efficient waste collection and recycling service by matching them with waste collectors on our platform. Jumeni’s recently launched waste management software was featured on MyJoyOnline, CitiNews, Disrupt Africa and Waste360.
My name is Hamida Iddrisu founder and CEO of Hamy Comfort a company registered in Ghana to be an icon of hope to the less privileged by making a difference in the environment whiles bringing comfort to the people in Ghana and abroad. My dream has always been to start a business growing up. I realized I need to something to help me take the bold step to succeed in my dream. That is what motivated me to study business Accounting at the tertiary level. I also wanted to further understand what it takes to be successful in business. I joined the EQWIP Hubs program where we were taking through 6 week of foundational and further 9 weeks of entrepreneurship training. I was diagnosed of Essential Tremor growing up which is condition that do not allow me to do a lot of activities. Essential Tremor is a condition that makes my body shake and shiver. Despite these challenges, I started thinking about something that could be possible and comfortable for me to do in order to improve my livelihood. Running my own business is a good fit for me, because I can create a livelihood for myself that does not involve hard physical labour which I cannot do with my condition. Running this business is also a good fit for me because I enjoy providing great customer service to my customers and creating good customer relations.
Hamy Comfort is a climate-friendly company which recycles plastic and other waste materials into new design ideas, we create small décor pillows, neck pillows, regular pillow, and rugs made out of scrap cloth. The pillows are stuffed with discarded water sachets to help counteract the plastic waste issue in Tamale. My social enterprise also employs those who suffer from physical and intellectual disabilities and those people who are unable to find jobs. I also employ able local women (who otherwise are unemployed) to shred sachet rubbers with scissors.
Prince Anane is the co-founder of GreenPack. He describes himself as an introvert who likes seeking and experimenting with new ways of doing things.
Green Pack Limited intends to revolutionize the plastic industry in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Our vision is to become Africa’s leading environmentally plastic producer. Our mission is to provide a healthier and environmentally friendly disposable tableware option for individuals and organizations. We seek to achieve this by using organic wastes like sugarcane fiber and rice husks to produce our disposable tableware. what GreenPack wants is that the earth smiles with you whenever you enjoy your meals from a pack.
Cynthia Aveh is an efficient and assiduous relationship manager, who doubles as a cofounder of Trusteefarm Limited. She has taken many entrepreneurial courses and she is an experienced sales person. She is also good at clients and other relationships management. She is a graduate of the founder institute (fi.co), alumni of unlocking women and technology (UWAT) where she learned web development and software engineering. She has also been engaged in many entrepreneurial activities. She has a degree in English. She volunteers for Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) as a coordinator for the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Biosewers Limited is an indigenous company that has grown to be experts in designing, construction and installation of Bio-digester systems. The archaic method of sewage disposal is expensive to construct, requires consistent desludging, occupies a lot of space and poses problems to the environment. The Bio-digester is a perfect alternative and lasting solution to the aforementioned issues. It is comparatively cheaper to construct; it requires less space to construct, it eradicates bad smell and breeding grounds for insects leaving a serene and clean environment. Biosewers designs and constructs a modern and affordable organic sewage treatment system for all homes using a simple technology from materials around us. This sewer system converts fecal matter to manure as its by-product. These systems are affordable, efficient and environmentally friendly. We are also designing a search engine that would generate revenue via the searches on the web to build more toilets and improve sanitation.
Bernice Wilmot Oppong is the Co-Founder & CEO of OHS WILMOT. She’s a Chemist and an Environmental Scientist by undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (PGDip, MSc) training. Her passion is in the Environmental Sciences, in using scientific methods and tools to make our environment and the natural eco-system sustain a livelihood. She became frustrated by the unending havoc that plastic waste is causing to our environment. I have searched everywhere to consolidate solutions that will contribute significantly to the fight against plastic waste. I thought reducing single use plastic will be a great place to start my personal war on plastic. I was fortunate, working with my partner, to strike an agreement with the US based Tap application, allowing us to use their platform on an exclusive basis, to setup portable drinking water spots in social venues in Ghana. This will allow people to refill their branded refillable water bottles at the same or lower prices than what they pay for their favorite drinking water.
Founded in 2015, OHS WILMOT is an occupational health, safety and environmental management social enterprise. Through our flagship Aqua Green Initiative, we aim to eliminate single-use plastic. We aim to accomplish this through the deployment of smart water ATMs mapped on a mobile App called TAP. TAP is a mobile App that allows users to find nearby places to refill their reusable water bottles on the go. Our refill network is built on partnerships with eco-conscious businesses that refill people`s reusable water bottles to eliminate plastic waste. AquaGreen deploys automatic water dispensers (Water ATMs) in eateries, educational institutions, shopping malls, social event centers, hospitals, hotels, sports stadia and all other public gathering locations across the 16 regions of Ghana. The Water ATMs are mapped on the TAP App, allowing our patrons and community to check in real-time, water refillable access points across Ghana. All patrons need is a refillable water bottle and some coins to buy water from our water ATMs. This initiative will also encourage the use of reusable water bottles by the general public and revolutionize behavioral changes in the fight against single-use plastics.
Makafui Awuku holds a BSc Marketing Degree from the University of Professional Studies majoring in Environmental Management. Makafui is the founder of Mckingtorch Creatives a social enterprise that uses plastic waste for arts and products and does advocacy on plastic pollution and partners other organizations on beach and community cleanup programs.
Mckingtorch Creatives recycles, upcycles, advocates for environmental sanitation and plastic pollution, community and beach cleanups, mentoring and training for youth on creating solutions from waste, plastic waste art exhibitions and sales of products and arts from plastic waste. Mckingtorch Creatives has collected over 120,000 plastic waste from homes, offices and the streets of Accra, employed 3 people and engages over 200 volunteers. Mckingtorch Creatives makes sandals, rubbish bins, flower pots, wall artworks, laundry baskets, bracelets and other products from plastic waste and has exported some of its products to 7 countries including the U.K., Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
Nelson Boateng has a Diploma in Network Engineering and other certificates from professional courses with recognized institutions. Nelson has attended several seminars and fora on plastic recycling and manufacturing both in Ghana and abroad. It is his impressive can-do spirit that has brought him this far. He is a professional in his area of business with over fifteen years of experience in the recycling industry, having worked with Recycling Companies from the post of Senior Supervisor to the Managerial level, prior to setting up Nelplast Eco Ghana Limited. He built the extruder and other machinery used in the manufacture of the eco-bricks.
Nelplast Ghana limited is an Integrated Environmental and Social Impacting Solutions Company located at Katamanso near Ashaiman (a suburb of Tema) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It started as a plastic recycling and production company in 2013 producing poly bags primarily to feed the demand for convenient carrier bags. It has evolved to become a change agent; a social and green-environment advocate, involved in the production of the acclaimed “Eco Bricks”. This vision also sits firmly in the country’s quest to be a champion of cleanliness in Africa. The aim of Nelplast Ghana Ltd is to rid the country of the Gulf of plastic waste that is polluting the environment and water bodies, securing job opportunities for the local collectors whilst advancing the global sustainable agenda of the United Nations SDGs. Today, Nelplast Ghana ltd employs 74 direct workers and over 300 indirect workers as plastic waste collectors and aggregators, the majority of whom reside within the Ashaiman-Katamanso enclave in Ghana.
Edinam Yao Folikumah is a Ghanaian born in October 1985 and a graduate of Takoradi Technical University (formerly Takoradi Polytechnic) in the Western Region, Ghana with Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design majoring in Public Relations and Computer Graphics with high proficiency in Advertising, Event Planning and Management. Also obtained postgraduate Certificate in Start-Up Quest Program, University of Florida, USA. Worked and served in capacities of Supervisor and Branch Manager. Becoming an entrepreneur challenging conventions with creativity, innovation, integrity and high team spirit achieving results beneficial to society summarizes my career objectives.
SDCL is a Real Estate Investment Company and a member of Sons Development Group, a multi-purpose business entity. Its main focus is the utilization of sawdust and plastic waste using Waste Maximizing Technology (WMT) for the manufacture of innovative building materials, suitable alternatives to cement block or concrete and plywood for sustainable national housing development. Our system technology branded “Sons Plastico” involves recycling of sawdust and plastic waste into Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) used in the manufacture of innovative building materials. Our WPC can be formed into various shapes and colours; and is thus used for a variety of applications in the housing and allied industries: Windows, Doors and door frames, Interior panels of cars, Furniture, Flooring, Decking, Ceiling, Railings, Gazebos, Cladding & Siding etc.
Venan A. Sondo is a passionate and social impact driven sustainability professional with over 14 years of experience in managing environmental impacts and integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors in traditional business environments. He is an executive Sustainable Business & Management Consulting professional and trained Environmental Scientist. He holds a BSc in Environmental and Resource Management from the Brandenburg University of Science & Technology in Germany, and an MSc (with Distinction) from the Oxford Brookes University in the UK in Environmental Assessment & Management.
Chaint Afrique GH Ltd is a Change, Innovation and Transformation Hub that specializes in simplifying environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) for organisations, ensuring that they focus on material issues to innovate and achieve maximum returns from their sustainability investments. Our flagship initiative EcoRewards-Africa seeks to pioneer a circular economic platform that rewards positive actions across households, communities and businesses. Our main goal is to successfully mainstream ESG across businesses in Ghana and eventually Africa, by connecting value chains, with the aim of accelerating sustainable consumption in a circular economic approach.
We will start in the Waste Management Sector where we see the need for a paradigm shift in consumption patterns, and the need for alternative choices that will promote sound, healthy and sustainable lifestyles. We will leverage mobile app technology on our EcoRewards.Africa platform (a blockchain enabled platform), to connect the value chain within the waste sector across households, communities, waste service providers, local districts and authorities and businesses.
Margaretha Ubels is the owner and Managing Director of Special Learning Materials Ltd. Margaretha identified the need for affordable learning games for children during her work as leader of a local NGO for the rights of children with learning difficulties. When designing programmes for children who had dropped out of school because of unrecognised learning difficulties, she found that conventional classroom teaching methods did not meet their learning needs. But searching through the market, there were no alternatives available. She began creating games and puzzles by hand, and later professionalised the production process. Margaretha has over ten years of experience in organisational leadership and serves on several non-profit boards. Her background is in facility management with additional training in education, leadership and human development. She is a Dutch national and has been living in Ghana for about twenty years.
Special Learning Materials Ltd is a Ghanaian enterprise producing supplementary learning materials for basic education. The products include games and puzzles that teach concepts in reading, mathematics and general knowledge. Children learn for example the sound patterns of phonetic words by fixing three-piece puzzles, whereby each piece contains one letter of a three-letter word. Another game teaches the decimal system; children match dotted patterns representing quantities with the corresponding numbers. They can also learn the geography of Ghana with a puzzle map in which they fix the regions in the correct positions. The products are made of wood and Wood Plastic Composites (WPC), containing recycled plastic. They are durable and align with the Ghanaian basic school curriculum. The company initially operated on a small scale until 2017, when new investments were made. New markets were explored and the production process optimised.
Prince Kwame Agbata holds a first class degree in Information Technology and a postgraduate in Global Environmental Studies from the University of Oslo, Norway. He is a 2018 Global Laureate Fellow and a 2018 AUDI AG scholar for his role on using technology to address environmental problems. He is a software engineering by training and a GreenTech professional by profession leveraging on the use of smart technology to address environmental challenges.
Coliba an early stage Ghanaian startup founded on the principles of innovation, consistency and efficiency. Our services are geared towards helping organizations and communities contribute to a greener and safer environment by reducing the amount of plastic waste they produce in a cost-effective manner through our tailored recycling program. Started in Accra Ghana in June 2016 by two young vibrant Ghanaian in persons of Mr. Prince Kwame Agbata and Mr. Kafui Honu Wisdom, after the loss of their best friend in the 3rd June 2015 disaster, Coliba is focused on massively address plastic waste pollution in Ghana through effective recovery and collection chain for the recycling industry. Coliba makes use of the Coliba app with an SMS and Voice integration that connects users and homeowners to closest collection points as well as connect waste pickers to closest homes for pickers. Termed as “Uber of waste management “by Disrupt Africa. Coliba Ghana in the interim focuses on massive collection and recovery program within certain districts of Accra and hopes to scale operations from 2019 and recycling these plastics itself.
Jeffrey Kwabena Yeboah is the founder of Ripples Interior and he describes himself as a goal-getter and a solution-oriented individual. He is currently a final year student of University of Ghana studying Information Studies.
Ripples Interior Decor is an innovative startup in Ghana with the core aim of promoting and adopting sustainable environmental practices through a unique business model which recycles car tyres into finished consumer products for the interior decoration of rooms, offices and any outdoor space. The unique concept of Ripples Interior lies in the ability to use damaged car tyres, locally made jute ropes and pieces of African prints to produce products such as wall mirrors, a variety of tables and other types of furniture. The target market for our recycled products includes hotels, offices, beach resorts, homes, restaurants and pubs, and any other building space. Through this sustainable business model and with a strong partnership with automobile companies, civic organizations, green businesses and private individuals, we hope to put an end to the improper disposal of car tyres such as burning and the dumping in water bodies and drains.
After relocating to Ghana in 2013, Samlara Baah noticed a stark difference between the impressive landscape and the horrendous sanitation environment. In 2014, she sought to learn more about this space. After finding conditions to be deplorable for so many throughout the country, Samlara jumped head first into partnering with sanitation providers to create a solution that would become an affordable alternative to the locally accepted traditional model of home sanitation solutions. Loo Works will one day be able to engage all stakeholders in the sanitation space in providing profitable solutions for the bottom of the pyramid. Prior to Loo Works Samlara’s career centered around people and business development in a corporate space. Her transition to Ghana has enabled her to use her business acumen to make a business that works towards solutions for the most underserved in our communities.
At Loo Works, we have one goal, to strengthen the sanitation value chain by flooding the market with sustainable toilet options that eliminate the need for unsafe sanitation practices. We currently achieve this goal by specializing in appealing and durable prefabricated toilet houses, we call them superstructures. We partner with local companies to provide an off-grid, odor-free waste management solution that takes up minimal space. By partnering with local digester suppliers who specialize in aerobic, biological waste management solutions, we ensure our customers receive an off-grid toilet system suitable to their needs. By partnering with local assemblies to educate community members on the long-term benefits of owning a toilet, we ensure that our process is inclusive and the end result is a long term toilet solution that will be used by our patrons. We presently offer household toilet options and have public toilets options for high-traffic areas coming in mid-2019.
Miriama Iddrisu’s desire to improve global climatic conditions, coupled with her good leadership and organizational skills, drove her to start a plastic waste recycling business- Yensom Enterprise.
Yensom Enterprise is a start-up which aims to create employment and wealth through recycling of plastic waste. Its mission and vision is to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the environment by promoting individual and corporate responsibility and utilization of plastic waste as a resource.
Peter Kweku Anowie is the co-founder and manager for Kolics Ventures where he is responsible for the company’s resources to ensure efficiency, cost control and growth. He is armed with a Bachelor of Science degree from Catholic University College of Ghana-Fiapre where he majored in Banking & Finance. Aside from this, he has industry experience in sales, marketing and banking.
Kolics Ventures is a social enterprise based in Takoradi, Ghana and owns the Koliko Wear brand aimed at providing customers with quality and affordable ladies and gents wear. Aside from using recycled and upcycled materials in the production of shoes, Kolics Ventures trains both skilled and unskilled young guys in the community in innovative approaches of starting a business.
Philip Deladem Akaboa is a technology innovator with advance expertise in welding and fabrication. Philip is currently the Co-founder and CEO for Cg CSM and has in the past worked on several innovative projects such as fabricating of a poultry feed mixer, a solar powered car and hammer mill machine. As a Technician Assistant at KNUST, Philip assisted students in their project works and taking first year students in basic welding (engineering technology). Philip has an advanced certificate in welding and fabrication from Takoradi Polytechnic and Intermediate certification from Kumasi Technical Institute.
Cg CSM is a start-up which innovates for appropriate low-cost solutions for recycling E-waste. Its current product is the copper stripping machine which is the result of 3 years of research, co-designing and prototyping. Cg CSM provides a low-tech (low-cost) Copper Stripping Machine which utilizes a roller with an option of a cutter to recycle copper wire from E-waste cables as a clean alternative to the traditional burning of these cables (releasing toxic fumes and environmental pollution) by small-scale E-waste recyclers.
Isaac Brenya is a passionate green entrepreneur with a BSc in Development Planning from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. He works closely with other entrepreneurs in the green or climate-related ecosystem. As a green entrepreneur, Isaac has participated and been shortlisted into the finals of many green competitions including Switch Africa Green Starter 2016, Adansonia project 2016, and Seed Awards 2017. He was also one of 49 candidates in Africa to be shortlisted from 350 submissions to the SAG-SEED Awards 2017.
Ecovon is a green start-up that focuses on utilizing and turning waste into sustainable building materials. Ecovon is rethinking and re-designing how a new generation of building materials are made by developing sustainably sourced, newly engineered formaldehyde-free bio-based wood alternative made from coconut husk and sugar cane bagasse. This innovative technology positions Ecovon as the first manufacturer of non-additive, bio-based, renewable wood products in the local Ghanaian market.
Lincoln Winimi Peedah is a serial entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Neat Meat Limited, located in Zebilla -Upper East Region of Ghana. He holds a master’s degree in Business Planning and Microfinance Management from the University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana. Lincoln is a 2016 Mandela Washington fellow and also secured a grant on YALI Entrepreneurship programme by the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) to help improve the processing phase of local poultry (Guinea Fowl), provide reliable market as well as a sustainable livelihood for over 3,000 farmers in Ghana.
Neat Meat Company Ltd is a local poultry and livestock processing and packaging factory established in July 2014. The company produces fresh and smoked livestock, local poultry meat and provides other services within the meat market. Neat Meat innovatively converts waste products from its operations to produce maggots, a cheap and nutritious feed for local poultry suppliers. This initiative protects the environment by helping reduce farmers’ dependence on termites, which are useful in maintaining soil fertility, as feed. Neat Meat is committed to providing responsible products and procurement, resource efficiency and climate protection.
Desmond Konney, a Mechanical Engineer, has a passion for solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges. As a serial entrepreneur and innovator, Desmond has worked on several innovative renewable energy projects, including building a solar-powered incubator for hospitals and designing the first portable biogas production unit for residential properties. Desmond is interested in mechanical product design, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and renewable energy. He holds a firm belief that Africa is on a road to economic transformation and has resolved to play a part in that change process.
Cibus Technologies Limited is a renewable energy technology solution provider. GIZZEO Biogas system, the maiden product of Cibus Technologies, solves waste and energy issues in residential homes by recycling mostly kitchen waste into cooking fuel and garden fertilizer. The company aspires to become a household name in Africa for innovative solutions to domestic challenges through the usage of renewable energy technologies.
Emmanuel Asaam has worked in different industries with notable companies such as Stanbic Bank Ghana, Vivo Energy (Shell) Ghana Limited and Scangroup Limited (where he managed projects both for Coca-Cola and Vodafone). Emmanuel is a results-driven individual with strong critical thinking and analytical skills. He has a good track record of coming up with creative procedures and system processes which are efficient and effective in getting jobs completed with excellence. He started Gamma Energie since 2015.
Gamma Energie’s goal is to contribute positively towards the Green Climate Change industry by providing clean and affordable energy solutions to local communities. They aim to achieve their objectives goals by implementing different projects guided by the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s); these projects cover themes such as Energy Efficiency, Biomass & Renewable Resources, Waste Management & Sanitation. Their project titled “Waste-to-Energy: Clean Burn Briquettes” involves recycling and selling affordable charcoal briquettes from agricultural waste such as cocoa pod husk, palm kernel shells, corn stalk, coconut shell & husk as well as wood waste (saw dust), charcoal dust and other environmentally sustainable biomass resources. Gamma Energie’s Clean-Burn Briquettes are a cheaper and safer alternative to environmentally detrimental cooking and heating fuels such as wood-charcoal, firewood and kerosene.
Mr John Afari Idan is an Engineer by training with over 25 years of experience. His areas of expertise include Anaerobic Digestion Systems (ADS) Assessment, Planning, Designing and Construction of waste-to-biogas plants. John has been involved in a number of programmes with a number of United Nation Agencies such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) where he was a Team Leader on Bio-fuels, and Africa Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP).
Biogas Technologies Africa Ltd. provides a tailored technology that transforms biodegradable waste materials, such as sewage, cattle and poultry droppings, agro waste, and meat & fish processing waste among others into energy. And in the process, creates green jobs and helps to combat climate change.
Seth Quansah is the co-founder and managing director/CEO of Alchemy Alternative Energy (AAE). Seth has over 10 years of business leadership, strategy, and management experience. Prior to AAE, Seth co-founded and led several companies and organizations in the United States and Ghana including RAD-AID International (global radiology program), Zuri-neo LLC (diversified socially-oriented businesses), and Coderina (robotic engineering organization). His sectors of experience spans across social entrepreneurship, medicine, and health technologies. His vision is to address and meet the energy demands in the sub-Sahara African region through his work.
Alchemy Alternative Energy is a waste management company that converts waste from plastics and tires – through internationally approved and environmentally sound processes – into hydrocarbon products by incentivizing local Ghanaian citizens through its well-designed waste purchasing program.
As the lead founder, Mr Enoch Kofi Boadu is a Mechanical Engineer and Biogas expert with high interest in waste management innovations. He has ten (10) years of experience in the biogas sector with proven track record of innovations. His passion and determination to bring innovation into the current waste management system is the bedrock of the business.
DAS Biogas Construction Ltd offers a complete form of domestic and institutional waste management services as well as the manufacturing of plastic roofing tiles and pavement for the construction industries. DAS Biogas provides and installs portable biogas plants to households in Ghana to treat the organic kitchen waste, which would mostly end up on landfill sites posing health risk to humanity. The technology system installed generates biogas in the process of treating household waste, which is highly viable for cooking purposes. The liquid fertilizer residue generated from the system after waste treatment is mostly used to water the garden areas or even farmlands. The company has interest in contributing to sustainable development through innovation in the waste management and construction industry. The vision of the company is to be an innovative and complete waste management service provider in Ghana.
