Upcycle Africa
Location
Uganda
Programme
East Africa Accelerator
in partnership with Acumen
Site url
upcycleafrica.org
Johnmary Kavuma
Founder/CEO
Tryphine Kemigisha
Co-founder
Improving livelihoods and tackling the plastic waste crisis in Uganda by building homes
Upcycle Africa runs constructing projects in different parts of Africa while creating employment opportunities for rural women and youths, securing economic empowerment. The cash incentives allow low-income families to support their children with school fees. The waste recovery system ensures clean and safe environments but also increases the awareness of the people on the harmful effects of disposal of plastic waste.
We have changed many things in our business model compared to before when we started the program. The accelerator’s weekly assignments are the greatest contribution towards our project because attending to them has given us a lot of learnings.