Releaf Earth
Turning food waste into Biochar to remove CO2 from the atmsophere
What they do
Food and agricultural waste and low soil productivity contribute to carbon emissions and poor crop yields, especially for African farmers facing severe climate impacts.
The company produces premium biochar from palm kernel shells to permanently sequester CO2 and improve agricultural soil performance.
African farmers and carbon removal buyers seeking verified CO2 sequestration and soil productivity improvements.
Founders
Co-founder + CEO of Releaf. We develop technology to unlock the processing of local crop varieties in emerging markets.
Uzo is CTO & Co-founder of Releaf - Uzo graduated from Duke with a degree in Mechanical engineering in 2017 and currently serves on Duke’s Board of Trustees as a full voting member. Uzo has professional experience working on jet engines at GE Aviation, devising, funding, building resilient engineering impact projects in sanitation & water in rural Brazil & Togo, & independent research research on autonomous drone medical delivery.
Company timeline
- Founded2017
- YC batchSummer 2017
- StatusActive
- Team size100 people
- LocationLagos, LA, Nigeria
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