Cities across East Africa are growing rapidly, yet, the waste management infrastructure to manage the increasing waste amounts does not exist. Current waste disposal methods are harmful to human and environmental health: 50% of the 4,000 tons of waste produced in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area every day remain uncollected. The remaining 50% is dumped at various dumpsites like Dandora. Less than 10% of the waste gets recycled.

TakaTaka Solutions is the largest waste management and recycling company in Kenya and a pioneer in recycling, collecting waste from more than 20,000 households, managing 70 tons of waste per day, and recycling 95% of the waste collected.

TakaTaka employs 430 people and works with more than 3,000 informal waste pickers every day. 

Our engagement

We invested in TakaTaka Solutions in 2021. Since then, we've partnered to pilot recycling of different waste fractions, including textiles recycling. 

Read more about TakaTaka Solutions here.