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Nzambi Matee - Kenyan, Africa

2020 Winner | Material engineer | Kenyan

Gjenge Makers Ltd is a sustainable, alternative and affordable building products manufacturing company. They produce eco-friendly pavers that are made of a composite of recycled waste plastic and sand. They have partnered with different manufacturers of plastics bottle tops and seals in the beverage and pharmaceutical industries in Kenya, from whom they collect offcuts and scraps. This is amalgamated with discarded single use plastics that our informal waste collectors deliver to us.

Nzambi is a self-driven individual, entrepreneur and a self-taught hardware designer and mechanical engineer. She has a background in physics and material engineering with a passion for creating sustainable solutions. She used design thinking experience to start Gjenge Makers with the mission to convert plastic waste into lower cost alternative building products, hence tackling plastic waste pollution and Kenya’s inadequate housing problem.

Disclaimer: KUMBUKA: Makala haya yalishirikiwa mtandaoni kwa awamu ya mwaka wa 2019 ya mpango wa Vijana Bingwa Duniani na hayajasasishwa. Orodha hii haijmaanishi uidhinishaji wowote na wala hadhi na Shirika la Mazingira la Umoja wa Mataifa.

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