Africa has taken the spotlight in this year’s SEED awards, receiving 27 of the 30 awards given for achievements in the green sector.
The SEED Initiative, sponsored by the UNEP, UNDP, and IUCN, supports “innovative small-scale and locally driven entrepreneurships around the globe which integrate social and environmental benefits into their business model.”
This year’s award winners include:
Burkina Faso:
- Initiative for Promoting and Distributing Bio-Pesticides
- Manufacture and Popularization of Biomass Briquettes
Ghana
- Biofuel Production in Promoting Sustainable Land Management
- Deco! – Decentralized Composting for Sustainable Farming and Development
- G-lish: Income Generation, Re-Generation, Next Generation
- Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative
- High-value Syrup from ‘Prekese’ Fruits for Community Livelihood Empowerment
- The Shea Economic Empowerment Program (SEEP)
Kenya:
- Solarlanterns: Solar lanterns that replaced one million kerosene lanterns
- Backpack Farm Agriculture Program
- Commercialization of Prosopis Juliflora Products from Affected Areas
- Community-Based Medicinal Plant Enterprise for Biodiversity Conservation
- EcoPost – Fencing Posts from Recycled Post-Consumer Waste Plastic
- Papyrus Reeds, Our Future Hope
- Village Cereal Aggregation Centres (VCAC)
Rwanda
- Efficient Charcoal Production and Smoke Recycling
- Production and Distribution of Pressurized Biogas in Gas Cylinders
Senegal
- Flower of H.O.P.E.
- Kayor Rural Energy, Rural Electrification by Photovoltaic Solar Energy
- Micro Power Economy for Rural Electrification
South Africa
- Amatola Wild Trout Fishery
- Claire Reid Reel Gardening
- Food and Trees for Africa
- IziWasha
- Reclaiming Livelihoods – Mooi River Waste Reclaiming
- Resentse Sinqobile Trust Trading as Zondi BuyBack Initiative
Uganda
Congratulations to all the African organizations making a difference for sustainability.
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