Africa Innovates Magazine - Flipbook - Page 29
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Africa is home to 17% of the planet’s
forested land, including its secondlargest tropical forest. However,
deforestation occurs at four times
the rate of the global average, land
clearing due to agricultural expansion
being one of the biggest drivers of
deforestation.
“Our goal is to restore the
degrading forest resources
in Sub-Saharan Africa. The
tropical and sub-tropical
forests of Sub-Saharan Africa
have proven to be one of
the most efficient sinks of
carbon.”
AGRICULTURE
PLANTING TREES
TO OFFSET EMISSIONS
IN MALAWI, KENYA,
NAMIBIA AND SOUTH SUDAN
Afri-Carbon Pay was founded in 2020 by
Tonthoza Uganja, Cecil Chikezie and Agnes
Shivute during the climate innovation
labs. Together, they pooled ideas for
finding a solution to deforestation for their
countries – Malawi, Kenya, Namibia and
South Sudan. Providing a technological
climate solution to deforestation, the team
developed a digital platform to connect
individuals, companies and organizations
to local project developers driving land
restoration efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The startup was recently selected in the
CTCN Youth Climate Innovation Labs,
by the CTCN and Swiss Association for
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
(SAFEEM).
“We want to utilize
technology to make forest
restoration easy and provide
support to companies and
individuals seeking climatesmart solutions and a
resilient, sustainable future.
With our planet warming up
and our future linked to the
restoration and conservation
of forests, we need to heal
ecosystems and transform
communities.”
Tonthoza Uganja
Afri-Carbon Pay co-founder
Tonthoza Uganja
Afri-Carbon Pay co-founder
Photo credit: Afri-Carbon pay
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