14: Shortlisted Candidates
14 Shortlisted Candidates TotalEnergies Startupper of the Year Challenge: Empowering Innovation and Sustainability
NAME OF PROJECT LEAD | CATEGORY | PROJECT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle'Up | GreenFuel harnesses the power of sustainability by repurposing sawdust into eco-friendly fuel pellets. This innovative initiative addresses two pressing environmental challenges: deforestation and carbon emissions. By providing an alternative to charcoal. |
| Cycle'Up | McHan Cosmetics transforms cocoa pod husks into high-value cosmetics and skincare products, reducing environmental waste and creating economic opportunities for women and smallholder farmers. |
| Innov'Up | Farm Estates Ltd. specializes in innovative indoor vertical farming, growing a variety of vegetables including lettuce, spinach, kale, tomatoes, and herbs.Our focus is on sustainable, high-quality produce year-round using advanced cultivation techniques. |
| Innov'Up | The project encompasses the use of Duckweed as an alternative protein source in animal feed formulation. Duckweed (Lemna minor) is an aquatic plant found in freshwater habitats. It has protein, carbohydrates, and fats, needed for animal growth. |
| Cycle'Up | Kakra Sombo is a business which incorporates the concept of sustainability using locally sourced materials, eco-friendly production methods and recycling into the production of crafted bags and clothes. Used glass and fabric waste are major materials. |
| Power'Up | Whitenob is an on-demand cooking gas delivery service that makes ordering a gas refill as easy as hailing an Uber. |
| Cycle'Up | Transforming cocoa pod waste into luxurious, eco-friendly and organic soap, our project promotes responsible consumption and production, empowering African communities through sustainable practices and innovative, high-quality personal care products. |
| Cycle'Up | At Demasko farms, we leverage exclusively on discarded refrigerators that are usually causing environmental challenges to raise snails for customers. We also use agro-processing mechanisms to recycle eggshells into highly nutritious snail feed. |
| Innov'Up | Zoyapel is into the production of plants-based mosquito repellent spray and cream that provides sustained protection for it users as well as a plant-based soap that protects users against mosquito bites as an added advantage. |
| Power'Up | Verte Tower is an agritech project transforming farming in Ghana while meeting local energy demands using vertical farming systems on solar farms. |
| Cycle'Up | Sagrisalma is a community-based agri-business startup that is into the production of an affordable and enhanced organic fertilizer by harnessing human faecal sludge, animal and other crop waste as fertilizer |
| Cycle'Up | GreenHusk Innovations Ltd. converts corn husks into environmentally friendly paper, reducing deforestation and waste. Based in Tamale, Ghana, we bolster local farmers, generate employment, and foster sustainable development through our innovative process. |
| Cycle'Up | Kodu Technology is eradicating period poverty by producing biodegradable,affordable and ecofriendly sanitary pads from fibres of plantain and banana waste stems. |
| Cycle'Up | Preventing air, water and land pollutions, a footwear at a time. |