About Us

Bio-Innovations is a social business that converts organic waste into a bio-renewable fuel for heating and cooking in institutional kilns. Our aim is to fight deforestation from fire wood and charcoal in the region by producing briquettes as an alternative cooking and heating fuel. Briquettes are cheap, safer and more sustainable than wood or coal fires

Mission statement

To mitigate deforestation by providing an alternative clean cooking fuel from organic waste

Vision Statement

To be a leading company providing clean and affordable renewable energy from organic waste in Uganda

We at Bio-innovations believe that;

Access to alternative renewable energy will reduce deforestation.

Access to clean and affordable energy is crucial for sustainable development.

Waste to energy will revolutionize access to sanitation especially for urban slums.

What  We Do

Bio-­Innovations produces briquettes from organic waste (agricultural, forestry and municipal organic waste) which serve as an alternative to firewood and charcoal. Briquettes are cheap, clean and burn longer than the traditional firewood. We organize women and youth to collect organic waste from agricultural fields, saw mills and municipal food markets.

The waste is transported to our facility, dried and shred to uniform size. This raw material is then fed to a briquette press machine for pressurization. Due to high pressure produced in the process, temperature of the material increases so that the lignin in the material plasticizes into natural “glue”. As the pressure decreases, the lignin cools and re­-solidifies, binding the biomass into uniform solid briquettes. These briquettes are packed, marketed and distributed to institutions as a better alternative to firewood and charcoal.

Our Goals and Objectives

  • To process over 65 tons of organic waste on a daily basis within 2-3years.
  • To provide cheap and affordable cooking and heating fuel to over 200 organizations within 2-3years.
  • To provide approximately 100 jobs in the briquette production value chain
  • To save over 422,500tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year from trees saved, burning and decomposing waste.

Team

Alex Tumukunde

Alex Tumukunde

Alex Tumukunde is a conservationist and entrepreneur. Passionate to stop deforestation and avert effects of climate change, Alex was prompted to start a tree-planting company in 2009 where he managed over 100 employees to plant thousands of seedlings on degraded landscapes. In his continual search for innovative solutions, Alex co-founded W2E an enterprise that installed bio-gas systems and also assessed the potential of waste to energy businesses in Uganda. My passion, experience and understanding of conservation, forestry and waste to energy enterprises merits me to undertake the briquette venture that I founded.

Osbert Muhereza

Osbert Muhereza

Osbert Muhereza is a wood scientist with a degree from Makerere University in wood science & technology. He has extensive knowledge on briquettes and paper making from recycled waste with training from India & Denmark. Currently, he works as a mentor to small briquetting businesses at  Afribana Products Ltd in collaboration with Kyambogo University and Uganda Industrial Research Institute.

Stephen Birikano

Stephen Birikano

Stephen Birikano is a Legal and Business Analyst. Stephen is a corporate lawyer specializing in commercial law, Renewable Energy, Media and International Project Management.  He is the former editor and co-founder of The Active Nation Newspaper for South Sudan and also co-founder of the Mountain Gorilla Marathon Organisation.

Impact

Save Money for Institutions

Save Money for Institutions

Trainning Opportunities

Trainning Opportunities

Job Creation

Job Creation

Attack the Root Cause of Deforestation

Attack the Root Cause of Deforestation

Provide Waste Management Services and Hygiene

Provide Waste Management Services and Hygiene

Climate Change Mitigation

Climate Change Mitigation

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Contact Us

Address:

JB Complex-Wandegeya-Kampala-Uganda

P.O BOX 73443 Kampala

Mob: +256(0) 779 125 508

Email: alex.t@bioinnovations-ug.org or alex.tumukunde@gmail.com

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