About

I’m building a circular economy enterprise with a particular focus on clean cooking solutions called EcoErudites Uganda turning invasive water hyacinth and organic waste into clean cooking fuels and organic fertilizer delivered directly to households.

My work sits at the intersection of clean cooking access, environmental restoration, women’s health, community livelihoods, and climate resilience. In many communities, families still rely on charcoal and firewood not because cleaner options do not exist, but because they are often inaccessible or not yet trusted. I am building practical systems that help close that gap.

Over 94% of Ugandan households still cook with charcoal or firewood, contributing to deforestation, indoor air pollution, and disproportionate time burdens on women. Meanwhile, water hyacinth one of Africa’s most aggressive invasive species chokes Lake Victoria’s fisheries and waterways every year.

EcoErudites takes two of Uganda’s most persistent environmental problems water hyacinth choking Lake Victoria’s waterways, and organic waste accumulating in communities and converts them into portable biogas, bio-briquettes, and organic fertilizer. The result: clean cooking fuel that households and institutions can actually afford, reduced dependence on charcoal and firewood, cleaner waterways, and income for the fishermen and waterway cleaners who supply our feedstock. It’s a circular system, and it works.

Through EcoErudites Uganda, we process approximately 320 kg of organic feedstock daily, serve 50+ active clean cooking users, and have trained 320+ women and youth in clean cooking, energy-saving stove construction, and bio-briquette production. We have also engaged local fishermen and waterway cleaners as paid water hyacinth harvesters, linking environmental cleanup with income generation.

Our model/work has been profiled by Euronews and shortlisted as Environmental Social Enterprise of the Year by the Federation of Uganda Social Enterprises.

And in 2025, the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers recognized our work as that pioneering packaged biogas innovation in the country. Previously, I was named Pan-African Winner of the TotalEnergies Startupper Challenge. In 2025, I was also selected as a Mercedes-Benz beVisioneer Fellow, joining a global cohort of climate-positive founders.