Smatkaria

As nations battle with climate change, Kidus Asfaw, a graduate of Biomedical Engineering took up the just-in-time task of turning used plastics into building materials,  driven by the mission to  reduce pollution In less than a year after he started Kubik, the company has raised $3.65 million and was one of the two winners at the grand finale of the Global Startups Awards Dear Innovators,  "Start by doing what's necessary, then, do what's possible and suddenly, you're doing the impossible"~ St. Francis of Assisi @Smatkaria

Kidus Asfaw created Kubik for transforming plastic wastes into construction materials Kubik is a Waste management startup which gives a second life to hard-to-recycle plastic waste by turning them into low-cost and low-carbon building materials that can be used to build schools, clinics warehouses, and homes.   As the world battles with containing Climate Change, good management of plastic is critical It's reported that Africa generates 8.5 million of the world's 380 million tonnes of plastic.  "Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems' ability to adapt to climate change, directly affecting millions of people's livelihoods, food production capabilities and social well-being" UNEP That's the huge problem Kidus is trying to help solve through Kubik  and he's gaining exciting tractions for doing so On March 29, 2023, Kubik was one of the two winners at the grand finale of the Global Startups Awards ______...

L-R: Olorunfemi Jegede, (COO) and  Fehintolu Olaogun (CEO)  (Credpal Founders) Credpal is a fintech company in Nigeria that lets businesses and individuals buy items from merchants online and offline and pay for the items with instant access to loan/credit at the point of checkout Its proprietary technology provides consumer credit infrastructure that allows banks and other financial institutions to deliver consumer credit in real-time across point-of-sale channels. This helps Credpal users to Buy-Now-n-Pay-Later. The founders, Fehintolu Olaogun (CEO) and Olorunfemi Jegede, (COO) were inspired by the observation that consumers in Africa  find it hard to  pay outright for products due to low purchasing power, and low access to credit for purchases, which in turn,  leads to low sales for merchants on the continent. To address that challenge, they launched CredPal  to serve as the  financial backbone for consumer credit in Africa. The company ...

Fehintolu and his team created CredPal  for providing point-of-sale consumer credit to working professionals in Africa Credpal is a fintech company in Nigeria that lets businesses and individuals buy items from merchants online and offline and pay for the items with instant access to loan/credit at the point of checkout Its proprietary technology provides consumer credit infrastructure that allows banks and other financial institutions to deliver consumer credit in real-time across point-of-sale channels. This helps Credpal users to Buy-Now-n-Pay-Later. The founders, Fehintolu Olaogun (CEO) and Olorunfemi Jegede, (COO) were inspired by the observation that consumers in Africa  find it hard to  pay outright for products due to low purchasing power, and low access to credit for purchases, which in turn,  leads to low sales for merchants on the continent. To address that challenge, they launched CredPal  to serve as the  financial backbone for cons...