2018 Winners & Runners Up
Re-Use Energy
Re-Use Energy converts widely available cattle dung into clean-burning biogas for use in cooking and lighting.
Karatac
Karatac uses recycled paper to make environmentally sustainable jewelry, paper bags, and packaging.
Raha Reusable Pads
Raha Reusable pads sells safe and affordable cloth sanitary pads to women in schools, local markets, and slums.
Kavera Art Project
Kavera Art Project "turns waste into wealth" by training youth to create art from waste plastic.
Our work is made possible by our generous donors and individual supporters.
THE GIVE WORK CHALLENGE
Winners & Runners Up
The Give Work Challenge supports new and early stage businesses in East Africa through funding, mentorship, and community support.
FIRST PLACE
Super Peanut
Creates products and opens up market channels for sesame & peanut farmers in Rural Uganda.
SECOND PLACE
Reafric Social
Makes upcycled footwear from waste materials such as leather, used fabrics, tires, and old jeans.
THIRD PLACE
Seeds of Hope
Makes and sells organic honey, and trains women on sustainable ways to protecting endangered bees.
Wayden Farm
Addresses food shortages caused by flooding by employing youth in large-scale poultry farming.
RUNNER UP
Cyber Mtaani
Employs community youth to run cyber cafes with affordable high-speed internet in the slums.
RUNNER UP
FIRST PLACE
Chalonn Recyclers
Plastic Waste management and manufacturing company from Uganda.
THIRD PLACE
Pure Honey
Local beekeeping company, processing, packing, and marketing honey from Uganda.
Afro Chic Enviro
Collection and processing of waste materials to create new products i.e night light bulb holders, vases, mason jar, ornaments, etc.
RUNNER UP
Akkujuah Designs
Promotes African culture through art & craft making. African wears, jewelry, bags, mats etc.
RUNNER UP
Eco Friends Briquette
Produces charcoal briquettes as an alternative for firewood and charcoal using agricultural waste.
RUNNER UP
2019 Winners & Runners Up
2020 Winners
Plastic & Rubber Art Gallery
Creates upcycled products, such as vases, shoes, and jewelry, from plastic waste.
UGANDA
Gulu Solid Waste
Waste management service that recycles plastics into building materials.
UGANDA
2021 Spring Winners
Selela Furniture
A business that turns bicycle scraps into useable furniture products.
KENYA
Storm Light Uganda
A sustainable energy company that makes Solar lighting available to households in rural Northern Uganda.
Founders:
Oluka Robert, Oneka William, Okane Walter
Mukuru Talent
A female football team that creates employment by manufacturing footballs and nurtures football talent among young ladies in the slums of Mukuru Kwa Njenga
Founders:
Rose Adhiambo
Nimaro Bakers
Nimaro is a baking project for women who lost their jobs during the height of the COVID 19 Pandemic. They make and sell a wide range of baked goods and pastries in Uganda for events, quick roadside snacking, and your lunch box snacks.
Founders:
Fiona Babra Alimocan
2020 Winners
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Veeklutre
Veeklutre Restores dignity to young mothers in marginalized communities by creating fashionable diapers that are affordable, and re-usable.
Founders:
Violet Ochieng
Zuri Packs
Zuri champions environmental conservation through reducing land pollution caused by the use of plastic carrier bags and packaging materials. Zuri collects all the waste to make beautiful paper packaging that is less harmful to the environment.
Founders:
Oliver Omondi , Beatrice Njeri
AQUA BIO SANDS
Aqua Bio's sand filter turns unsafe into safe and drinkable water. It is a proven, simple, effective, low-cost household water treatment device for safe drinking water that helps to protect the lives of Northern Ugandan communities from water borne diseases.
Founders: Prisca Bridget Apio and Philip Omara
ARIGIENE
With the infection rate from water splash-back increasing in Kenya, Arigiene Limited solves the problem by manufacturing products that prevent splash-back. Arigiene's solution is especially designed to improve lives of women and children, who research shows, are more likely to be affected by toilet bowl infections.
Founders: Frank Mwakitakula
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Papyrus Art
Papyrus Art upcycles polythene bag waste to make beautiful art pieces that span across fashion and home decor.
Founders:
Cinderella Layet , Nakato Hilda
Breni Cleaners
Trains women and youth in Northern Uganda to provide professional home and office cleaning services. Ensuring that youth receive a decent income for economic growth
Founders:
Brenda Lanyero, Michael Ojok
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Afri AgriMark
A geolocation transport marketplace where small and medium holder farmers in Kenya can access ready markets for their organic produce.
Founders
Bonface Nyalwal, Linda Kathambi
2021 Winter Edition Winners
ECO DUDU RANCH
Eco Dudu, based in Kenya, tackles food insecurity. They rear crickets as an alternative food and protein source, a much needed solutions for hunger and malnutrition. Edible insects as food play a vital role in sustainable diets.
Founders: Cliff Henry Olal
VOLT KIT
Volt kit was founded to unlock the potential of batteries in solving socio-economic and environmental issues. Volt kit collects old lithium-ion batteries from e-waste dealers, landfills, and dumping sites and repurposes it into energy storage systems creating affordable, clean, and safe energy that is circular to the environment.
Founder: Jesse Simon and Eric Kademe
