Environmental

Hephzibah Ijeje is a 19-year-old economics student and a co-founder of Recyclift, a Nigeria based recycling project that aims to get rid of waste from the environment and generate wealth by recycling it.

David's approach has always been to create localized solutions to problems in his hometown. After winning Young Scientists Tanzania in 2018, David was able to found CutOff_Recycle, an enterprise that recycles human hair waste into agri-products.

Pioneering a home grown solution to wildlife conservation Richard Turere hails from the pastoral Maasai community in Kenya. As a young boy, he was responsible for herding and caretaking his family’s herd of cattle. Because Richard’s family lives on the periphery of the unfenced Nairobi National Park, they often experienced lion attacks on their livestock, leading to devastating losses of livestock that they depend on for survival.

President of E-cover, a venture that repurposes waste by recycling tires to produce more useful items like shoe soles, roads and even coverings for swimming pools; serving the society and environment.

Meet Tom, founder of Greenchar a clean energy project. He saw what deforestration had done to his community and country at large and wanted to make a difference.