There’s no denying that the world has become very aware of the environmental risks and currently we have so much wastage in Kenya and more often than not we don’t have anything to do with it. However, Nzambi Matee is an entrepreneur and investor who has a sharp vision and has managed to turn plastic waste into bricks, her company is called gjenje makers ltd.

Turning plastic into paving stones.
In just a day Nzambi’s factor churns out 1,500 churned plastic pavers and contrary to what people think, they are quite affordable.

“It is absurd that we still have this problem of providing decent shelter – a basic human need, plastic is a material that is misused and misunderstood. the potential is enormous, but its afterlife can be disastrous.” Nzambi Matee said.

They say when you educate a woman you educate a whole community this is clearly evident by how Nzambi has demonstrated her entrepreneurship skills by using what she majored in, material science. She worked as an engineer in Kenya’s oil industry before exploring plastic, through research and experimentation she managed to bind plastics together then created a piece of machinery that allowed her to create mass production.


Read more...https://media.getfundedafrica.com/2021/02/15/this-kenyan-lady-has-a-startup-that-recycles-plastic-waste-into-bricks/

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