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Waste management Startups in Africa

Waste management is still a huge challenge in West Africa. Infrastructure is poor, and many cities rely on open dumps or uncontrolled landfills. This has led to serious environmental and health problems. However, there is a growing recognition of the need to improve waste management, and several initiatives are underway to address the issue.

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29 companies in this sector

Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
ScarabTECH South Africa	Transforming unrecyclable waste plastic into energy for a cleaner South Africa.	-	Seed -	11-50	No Data
WasteCycle Nigeria	WasteCycle is a Nigerian Recycling startup which leverages technology to solve waste-related problems.	-	- -	11-50	No Data
SLS Energy Rwanda	Repurposing retired batteries for sustainable energy storage solutions.	-	- -	2-10	No Data
Mr Green Africa Kenya	Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up which operates a tech-enabled plastic recycling and waste management services.	-	Series B -	51-200	No Data
Scrapays Nigeria	Scrapays facilitates the recovery of recyclable material in developing nations.	-	Grant -	11-50	No Data
Waste Marche Egypt	Waste Marche is an online platform for Industrial waste trading and Management.	-	- -	2-10	No Data

Bekya Pay Egypt	Bekya Pay is a Green-Tech startup that aims to enhance sustainable practices through efficient recycling services	-	- -	11-50	No Data
HOPEX Egypt	HOPEX is a startup which offers solutions to recycling waste in Egypt.	-	- -	11-50	No Data
Mycelium Egypt	mycelium is a biotechnological startup which uses the root structure of mushroom to grow bio material	-	Seed -	11-50	No Data
nextProtein Tunisia	nextProtein produces insect-based protein for animal feed stocks in a quest to accelerate sustainable agriculture and tackle resource scarcity.	$38M	Series B -	11-50	No Data
Sanergy Kenya	Sanergy is aNairobi based waste management startup that aims to provide affordable and accessible waste management solutions.	$30M	Venture -	201-500	No Data
Tagaddod Egypt	Tagaddod is leveraging data, technology and networks for sustainable energy security and waste elimination.	$29M	Series A -	51-200	No Data
Cambridge Industries Ethiopia	Cambridge Industries Ltd (CIL) is an engineering, design, procurement and construction firm focused on renewable energy projects throughout Africa.	$13M	Series B -	101-250	No Data
Kaltani Nigeria	KALTANI is a Lagos-based clean tech plastic recycling company.	$4M	Seed -	201-500	No Data
Plstka Egypt	Plstka is an Egyptian solid waste management and recycling company	$1M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
BleagLee Cameroon	BleagLee is on a mission to fight climate change by putting up sustainable projects for converting waste into value	$1M	Non-equity Assistance -	11-50	No Data
NovFeed Tanzania	NovFeed is converting organic waste into a natural, traceable, and safe non-animal protein source for aquaculture feeds.	$1M	Grant -	2-10	No Data
Bekia Egypt	Bekia is an Egyptian on-demand waste collection platform that connects people who want to get rid of their waste with the local collectors.	$540K	Seed -	2-10	No Data
Safi Organics Kenya	Safi Organics is an Agribusiness company that produces a tailor made organic fertilizer fit for farmers soils across sub saharan Africa.	$338K	Funding Round -	11-50	No Data
Regenize South Africa	Regenize is a South African recycling solution on a mission to make recycling more accessible, inclusive and rewarding.	$300K	Funding Round -	11-50	No Data

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