Kenyan Tech Startup Sanergy Secures USD 2.5 Mn Funding

Sanergy, a tech-enabled startup and the owner of the Fresh Life toilets franchise has received USD 2.5 Mn funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Sanergy plans to expand its reach into additional African and Southeast Asian cities with the new investment.

Sanergy uses a circular economy approach to trash collection, collecting feces and other organic waste from markets, farms, and restaurants and turning it into useful products like feed and biofuel. The startup also makes an organic crop fertilizer out of leftover biowaste.