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FOOD WASTE INNOVATION CHALLENGE SELECTION COMMITTEE ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE REPORT PREPARED FOR:
AFRICA
GREEN Africa Green Energies is RAISING Sibongiseni will use this capital
R5
to setup a manufacturing plant
ENERGIES a biogas production to produce biodigesters.
company in the Eastern This will include the
manufacturing of a prototype,
SIBONGISENI Cape. Their goal is to
GAQA become a leading MILLION for testing and product
positioning and preparation for
market. Including the working
biogas producer in ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL capital required to produce
biodigesters for households and
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small-scale farms and eateries.
In 2020 Sibongiseni imported a home
biodigester for R 17 000 as a proof of
BIOGAS concept.
The business intends to locally Africa Green Energies has only
BLACK OWNED manufacture biodigesters for household, completed its initial trial and
rural comminute and small business use. testing, but does not yet have
FEMALE OWNED an indication of the total
These biodigesters will be manufactured capacity of food waste diversion
at a total cost of R 2 500 each, making from landfill or GHG reduction
Employees: Three for as the business is still
their price point accessible for lower LSM
Phase: Pilot & Testing Completed households and communities where building it’s first prototype.
Founded: 2019 electricity for cooking may not be
accessible. Impact will be measured
Total Annual Revenue: None against numerous SDGs such as
Their vision is to one day produce biogas 12.3, 12.5 and 13.2.
Location: Eastern Cape
at a large scale into the energy grid.
Service: Eastern Cape
BIOBIN TM
SOUTH BiobiN is an on-site, RAISING BiobiN will use the investment
R3
to purchase an additional 30+
AFRICA capture, containment BiobiNs to expand their current
reach.
and processing
This will assist management in
BRIAN DENIS patented system for
KÜSEL food and organic MILLION reaching their objectives of 150
BiobiNs in operational in South
Africa.
waste in an easily TANGIBLE ASSETS
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Invented in Australia in 2000 as a
solution to diverting chicken mortalities
COMPOSTING from landfill sites, the BiobiN is now used
in countries around the world.
Employees: TBC
Phase: Scale Impact
No chemicals or any microbes are needed,
making it the easiest and most cost
3 300 tons
effective on site food and organic waste
Founded: 2017 Over the last three years BiobiN
management system.
have diverted over 3’300 tons of
Total Annual Revenue: +R2.6m food and organic waste from
Forcefully inducted air starts the
Location: Gauteng landfill.
composting process while the patented
Service: Nation Wide bio filter process starts turning waste into
The increase in the number of
compost.
BiobiNs will have a direct
impact in scaling these
BiobiNs are available for different
diversion of food and organic
applications and sizes, able to produce
waste from landfill.
upto 7.5 tons of organic and food waste.FOOD
MASTERS Food Masters SA RAISING Linda would like to scale up
R2.5
their production to meet their
SA rescues food destined customer demands by
purchasing a 2-ton hot water
for landfill, preserving it dryers and hot water kettle.
LINDA through dehydration to
MANYEZA extend its shelf life. MILLION The investment would also
include a vehicle and working
capital to purchase raw
ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL materials and market their
in 2019 Linda purchased her first products.
equipment to start dehydrating and EQUITY ONLY
preserving food. This includes a low-tech
solar dryer, tunnels using the sun to
dehydrate food, as well as a small electric
dryer.
PRESERVATION
Her vision is to now scale her production Food Masters SA rescues food
BLACK OWNED to meet customer demands for both destined for landfill due to
health conscious consumers for quality, over supply or no
FEMALE OWNED convenient snacks, as well as lower LSM market demand.
groups that may not have access to
refrigeration to store food. Their mission is to support the
Employees: Three stabilisation of food security for
Phase: Pilot & Testing Linda is also looking into opportunities to vulnerable communities.
provide dehydrated health foods for food
Founded: 2016 / 2021 parcels and feeding schemes. As The hydrators make use of
Total Annual Revenue: None dehydrated food has a longer shelf life boilers fuelled by biomass to dry
and doesn’t’ require refrigeration, while the dehydrate and preserve
Location: Muldersdrift preserving healthy nutrients for a food.
Service: Gauteng balanced diet at a low cost.GLOBAL
WORMING Global Worming provide RAISING Julie would like to expand to a
R2
second premises to increase her
a range of domestic and capacity to process food waste
from residents, eateries and
JULIE industrial sized worm businesses in Cape Town.
MEDHURST bins, worm farms and
organic fertilisers. MILLION The investment will support the
expansion and enable the
business to develop its
ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL ecommerce and marketing
In 2016 Julie, a successful entrepreneur, efforts to sell direct to
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started experimenting with vermiculture EQUITY & DEBT FUNDING
customers across South Africa.
as a passion, to what grew into her
business Global Worming.
Today Global Worming have the largest
VERMICULTURE locally produced variety of domestic and
industrial sized worm farms available in Global Worming’s worm farms
FEMALE OWNED South Africa. are manufactured to last, and
will continue to help consumers
Her business has grown to include divert their food and organic
Employees: Three customers such as Stodels and other waste from landfill for many
Phase: Scale nurseries, and an array of online retailers. years to come.
Founded: 2016 Julie has developed her own mould and The business also offers a food
Total Annual Revenue: +450k produces her worm farms locally in South waste collection service for
Africa which retail as a complete DIY kit eateries and businesses with a
Location: Cape Town that enables even a novice to start worm byproduct of worm tea and
Service: Western Cape farming from their own home. fertiliser sold to nurseries and
the direct public.KHEPRI
BIOSCIENCE Khepri Bioscience is a RAISING Bandile would like to use the
R14
funds to purchase upstream
bioconversion research waste processing equipment and
a collection vehicle.
BANDILE and sustainable animal
DLABANTU feed producer.
Bandile is also finalising a grant
The business is producing sustainable and
MILLION from the DTI that will match the
investment of up to R14m,
enabling Khepri Bioscience to
low-cost food through biotechnology and ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL deploy up to R28m in investment
the use of black soldier flies. in scaling production.
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DEBT & EQUITY
Khepri Bioscience solves three problems,
food waste from our kitchens which ends
up in landfill sites, animal runoff from
BSFL farming which enters rivers and and
overfishing for fish meal to feed animals.
BLACK OWNED They are converting organic and food
waste using insects into usable products
252.5 tons
such as chitin, used in manufacturing, Over the last three years Khepri
Employees: Three pharmaceutics and water treatment. As Bioscience has diverted over 250
Phase: Pilot & Testing Completed well as protein meal for animal feed to tons of food and organic waste
create an alternative to the expansive and from landfill.
Founded: 2016 unsustainable fish meal.
Total Annual Revenue: +R130k Their solution looks to divert a
Bandile is currently consulting within the further 1200 tons of food waste
Location: Johannesburg butchery and abattoir sectors regarding and produce 1800 tons of insect
Service: Gauteng efficient and proper disposal of wastes meal a year, replacing fish meal
while he looks to raise investment to scale and soy, protecting life on land
his BSF breeding programme onto a farm. and in the ocean.NAMBU
GROUP Nambu turns food RAISING Lowell is looking to invest the
R25
capital into their expansion of
waste into nutritious new facilities in East London,
LOWELL Port Alfred and Gqeberha, with
feed for chickens, pigs, further plants envisaged for
SCARR Tzaneen (Mopani District),
fish and pets by feeding
organic waste to larvae MILLION Mthatha, George and Kokstad
over the next three years.
of the Black Soldier Fly. ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL
DEBT & EQUITY
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Nambu is an early-stage Insect Protein
Company that turns food ‘waste’ into high
value insect protein.
BSFL They do this by feeding a variety of food
and organic waste sources to the Black Nambu’s facility in Makhanda,
Soldier Fly larvae. The larvae are reared Eastern Cape is expected to
RURAL
from hatchlings to harvest in a period of recycle up to 1 440 tons of food
15-17 days, at which point they are
waste each year.
separated from their feed substrate and
Employees: Eight
prepared for processing and sale. Their impact further extends to
Phase: Scale
the increased food waste
Founded: 2018 Their methods are low tech and replicable, reclamation, supporting local
driving greater employment opportunities
food systems - particularly
Total Annual Revenue: +R73k and localised solutions to food and
emerging poultry, pork and
organic waste. aquaculture producers.
Location: Makhanda / Grahamstown
Enabling more resilient and
Service: Eastern Cape, Gauteng
sustainable food systems, as
well as direct and indirect job
creation.ORGANIC
WASTE TO Organic Waste to RAISING Rosley would like to raise an
R1.5
investment to construct a
ENERGY Energy (OWE) is biogas plant as an initial pilot in
the Western Cape, with a vision
providing sustainable to expand to larger plants upto
3Mw nationally.
ROSLEY waste management
SIBANDA services with the added MILLION Rosley is also negotiating with
the DTI to match funding for the
benefit of energy ASSETS pilot, as well the larger industrial
processing plant on
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commissioning.
Looking to build an industrial biogas plant
in Cape Town.
BIOGAS
OWE has already secured the support of a An industrial 3Mw Biogas plant
BLACK OWNED large waste management provider, as well will divert 180 000 tons of food
as a large retail complex to purchase the and organic waste from landfill
FEMALE OWNED byproducts of the Biogas production as each year, while producing a
while producing sustainable energy for sustainable energy source.
Employees: None, Founder Run their operations.
Phase: Pre-Seed / Start-up The future expansion of these
Rosley won the Africa Green Women of Biogas plants will furthermore
Founded: 2019 the Year Award and is also Top 30 Finalists contribute significantly to GHG
Total Annual Revenue: None in the City of Cape Town 2021 Smart reductions and employment for
Supplier Programme. each facility awarded.
Location: Cape Town
Service: Western CapeRESCUE
BITE.COM Rescuebite.com enables RAISING Sam and Boitumelo are looking
R2.5
to invest in marketing the
food retailers and service and growing their
SAMUEL MALEDU eateries to sell their
national footprint of retailers.
& BOITUMELO surplus food and
They’ve identified a challenge
MERAFE reduced–to-clear food MILLION with registered drivers and hope
to assist drivers with the
purchase of electric bikes to
direct to the public at a ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL deliver to their customers.
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RescueBite is already available on Google
Play, and the Apple App Store for
TECH download.
BLACK OWNED
Rescuebite.com have the
Marketing todate has been focused on opportunity to deliver surplus
50% FEMALE OWNED WITS and the University of Johannesburg and reduced-to-clear food
alone, with opportunities for expansion to directly to students at
YOUTH OWNED other universities across South Africa. universities for a reduced cost.
Employees: Two Founders Since they recently launched their Our team have also identified an
Phase: Concept & Testing Done website has already had over 10 000 hits, opportunity to partner and
with an average spend of R 135 basket collaborate with Food Forward
Founded: 2020
size. The have also already secured over 7 ad SA Harvest on food that is
Total Annual Revenue: +R10k 00 delivery drivers registered on the app. not retailed through the app.
Location: Johannesburg
Service: NationalTHE
COMPOST The Compost Kitchen RAISING Himkaar wants to use the
R3
investment to develop and
KITCHEN collect food waste from rapidly prototype The Compost
Kitchen organic waste bin to
households and recycle take to market.
HIMKAAR it into vermicompost,
SINGH which they give back to MILLION The investment includes
research, development and
building a prototype, to
their customers. ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL marketing the product for
Crowdfunding the organic
DEBT & EQUITY
www waste bin.
The Compost Kitchen was launched in
2018, but in less than 4 years, this
incredible initiative is making waves
VERMICULTURE globally, and now the United Nations (UN)
has chosen this brilliant environmental
BLACK OWNED concept as one of the “Top 300 Best Compost Kitchen has grown
Practices on Sustainability in the world”. steadily to now include +230
YOUTH OWNED monthly customers and +200
Himkaar won’t stop there and wants to be ecommerce customers since
the first in Africa to develop a kitchen launch.
Employees: Three
composting waste bin that produces
Phase: Scale organic waste within hours. Which diverted 30 tons of food
Founded: 2019 waste from landfill, avoiding 50
The first prototype has already been tons of CO2-e, and have given
Total Annual Revenue: +R510k
developed by ‘Lomi’, the most successful back 2.2 tons of vermicompost
Location: Johannesburg Indiegogo campaign in 2021, raising over to their customers.
Service: National R90m with over 18 700 backers.UNTUM
SOLUTIONS Untum Solutions is RAISING Nomuntu is seeking investment
R2.7
to purchase the equipment
building a Black Soldier required to produce the larvae,
NOMUNTU purchasing insect pods and the
Fly Breeding system to
NDHLOVU black soldier production system.
eradicate food waste.
Nomuntu Ndhlovu is a committed and
MILLION With a vision to replicate a low
tech solution to rural
passionate young entrepreneur seeking ASSETS & WORKING CAPITAL communities for small-scale
for opportunities to not only advance her DEBT & EQUITY
farmers.
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businesses personally but contribute to
community through developing her
businesses and other young
BSFL entrepreneurs and assisting in combating
social ills whilst contributing to improving
BLACK OWNED sustainable environmental impact and Untum Solution plan to process
providing awareness on climate change. upto 360 tons of food waste
FEMALE OWNED
annually through their Black
Rural Being the Director of Nomuntu Holdings, Soldier Fly Larvae plant.
one of the founding members of Imbewu
Agricultural Primary Cooperative and a Assisting in reducing the use of
Employees: Founder Run
director at SiyaBuddy Recycling and fishmeal as a form of protein for
Phase: Pre-Seed / Start-up animal feed. This helps protect
Waste Management; she has vast
Founded: 2019 experience in business and in waste fish under the sea and
management and agriculture. contributes towards stopping
Total Annual Revenue: None
the extinction of fish species
Location: Malelane, Mpumalanga due to over fishing.
Service: NationalFOOD WASTE INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2021 ENTREPRENEURS AFRICA GREEN ENERGIE BIOBIN SOUTH AFRICA FOOD MASTERS SA GLOBAL WORMING KHEPRI BIOSCIENCE GLORIA SIBONGISENI GAQA BRIAN DENIS KÜSEL LINDA MANYEZA JULIE MEDHURST BANDILE DLABANTU NAMBU GROUP OWE RESCUEBITE.COM THE COMPOST KITCHEN UNTUM SOLUTIONS LOWELL SCARR ROSLEY SIBANDA SAMUEL MALEDU HIMKAAR SINGH NOMUNTU NDHLOVU
“Through the right people SCREW IT,
focusing on the right things,
we can, in time, get on top of a LET’S DO IT!
lot if not most of the problems
of this world. And that’s what a
number of us are trying to do.”
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