Water hyacinth Charcoal Briquettes.
Deforestation.
Greenhouse gas emissions.
Unemployment.
Gender Inequality.
Increased Forest cover by discouraging aggressive deforestation. Helping to reach a national target of 20% by 2030.
Reduction in Emission of Greenhouse Gases and Carbon footprint.
Creating jobs for the youth and young mothers 18-35. Bridging the gender equality gap.
We make briquettes using water hyacinth from Lake Victoria. Our briquettes are affordable and Renewable. Burns four times longer and hotter.
We have trained technicians who install complete set of solar panels, inverters, batteries and solar Controllers.
We install home biogas made from organic waste and kitchen waste. Clean cooking is our priority.
Youth and young mothers 18-25.
Increased Forest cover by discouraging aggressive deforestation. Helping to reach a national target of 20% by 2030.
Reduction in Emission of Greenhouse Gases and Carbon footprint.
Creating jobs for the youth and young mothers 18-35. Bridging the gender equality gap.
Kevine Otieno
Founding CEO
Energy Management
Solar PV Technician
Product Design & Developer.
Bakari Merceline
Co-Founder
Hospitality Management
Administration and Finance.
Lavender Awuor
Co-Founder
Digital Marketing
Marketing & distribution
- Support informal communities in upgrading to more resilient housing, including financing, design, and low-carbon materials or energy sources.
- Kenya
- Pilot: An organization testing a product, service, or business model with a small number of users
3000
We are applying for support in market linkages, product development, business advisory, grant-based support in funding, technical assistance, strategic guidance and increased visibility.
- Business Model (e.g. product-market fit, strategy & development)
- Financial (e.g. accounting practices, pitching to investors)
- Human Capital (e.g. sourcing talent, board development)
- Legal or Regulatory Matters
- Monitoring & Evaluation (e.g. collecting/using data, measuring impact)
- Product / Service Distribution (e.g. delivery, logistics, expanding client base)
- Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
- Technology (e.g. software or hardware, web development/design)
❑Affordable compared to the
❑Improves living standards
❑Relative calorific value of 5.7 Kcal/g
❑Energy Efficient
❑Burns 4 times hotter
❑Longer duration of burning
❑Environmental friendly as demostrated by the SPR report and approval from NEMA.
Scaling- we anticipate additional employees and branches. Buy machinery and expand our workshops.
- 5. Gender Equality
- 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13. Climate Action
- 15. Life on Land
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
Sustainable Forests - Increased Forest cover by discouraging aggressive deforestation. Helping to reach a national target of 20% by 2030. SDG13
Ensuring Energy Efficiency - Reduction in Emission of Greenhouse Gases and Carbon footprint. SDG7
Employment opportunities - Creating jobs for the youth and young mothers 18-35. Bridging the gender
equality gap. SDG8
We are a social enterprise aiming to provide affordable and clean energy. We envision employment to youth and women to bridge the gap of gender inequality among our communities.
OUR MISSIONTo create a carbon free world by accelerating the clean energy transition.
OUR VISIONTo build a world class portfolio of renewable energy solutions and products for customers and partners.
We make briquettes using water hyacinth from Lake Victoria. Our briquettes are affordable and Renewable. Burns four times longer and hotter. We use electric machine extruder by bidding the dough with cassava flour and water to produce strong briquettes for cooking.
- A new application of an existing technology
- Ancestral Technology & Practices
- Behavioral Technology
- Manufacturing Technology
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
We have two women co-founders. 7 females in total while 4 males. 3 males work part time while 1 works full time. 3 Females full time while four part time.
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
We sell our products to our customers to get revenue.
We also participate in market linkages.
We participate in pitching for funds.
We apply grants to help support our business too.
We have pitched on two occasions and won a total of USD 1300.
We have benefitted from past incubation programs in terms of technical support.