Biosorra

Biosorra

Nairobi West, Nairobi, Kenya

Provides biochar as affordable & sustainable fertiliser to farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Biosorra makes biochar and then provides it as an affordable and sustainable biofertilizer to farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa. For every tonne of biochar placed on fields, 2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. At scale, this has the potential to remove millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Country: Kenya
Status: Operational
Type: Biochar
Safi Organics

Safi Organics

Nairobi, Kenya

Decentralised production of carbon-negative fertiliser from rice-husks.

Safi Organics utilizes rice husks to make biochar that is also used as a carbon-negative organic fertilizer. Its biochar fertilizer has been used by more than 10,000 farmers since its inception, resulting in a 30% increase in crop yield and a 50% increase in farmer income. Currently sequesters around 33,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, with the potential to sequester millions more.
Country: Kenya
Status: Operational
Type: Biochar
Climeworks

Climeworks

Naivasha, Kenya

Plans to open a Kenyan Plant by 2030.

Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to sequester carbon dioxide. Their pilot facility in Iceland has partnered with Carbfix to capture and store more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in volcanic basalt rock. They also recently announced plans for a Kenyan Plant that will capture and store over a million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually in partnership with Great Carbon Valley.
Country: Kenya
Status: Operational
Type: Direct Air Capture
Great Carbon Valley

Great Carbon Valley

Rift Valley, Mirera, Kenya

Stores carbon dioxide in underground rock formations.

Great Carbon Valley plans to utilize geological basalt formations to mineralize carbon dioxide captured by Climework DAC technology. Their first plant will be able to remove one million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually by 2030.
Country: Kenya
Status: In development
Type: Project Developer
Plant Village

Plant Village

Busia, Kenya
Plant Village helps smallholder farmers adapt to & mitigate climate change by using restorative agricultural practices such as the production and use of biochar fertilizer, no-till agriculture, and cover crops. They want to empower farmers to collectively remove gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
Country: Kenya
Status: Operational
Type: Biochar
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Flux

Kisumu, Kenya

Using enhanced rock weathering to improve soil health in the Global South

Flux uses natural rock powders in the global south to improve soil health, increase farmers’ yields, and permanently sequester millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Country: Kenya
Status: In development
Type: Enhanced Rock Weathering
Octavia Carbon

Octavia Carbon

Nairobi, Kenya

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Direct Air Capture Company.

Octavia Carbon is the Global South’s first direct air capture (DAC) company. They plan to leverage Kenya’s geothermal energy, geology, and talent to radically accelerate DAC down the cost curve and make Kenya the world’s most cost-effective hub to build and deploy DAC machines by 2025.
Country: Kenya
Status: Operational
Type: Direct Air Capture