Sanergy Inc.

In brief

Sanergy aims to build healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible throughout Nairobi’s informal settlements. Sanergy converts waste into valuable end-products such as fertilisers, animal feed, and biogas. With funding provided by Finnfund, the company is expanding its activities in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya. Sanergy co-composts waste with sawdust, other carbon sources, and effective micro-organisms to produce fertiliser, eliminating pathogens. Then, the compost is left to mature in windrows. Once ready, every batch of fertiliser is tested by third parties to ensure compliance with World Health Organization standards. Sanergy has a colony of Black Solider Flies, whose larvae consume organic waste, removing the pathogens and converting the waste into protein to produce insect-based animal feed. Boiled and sun-dried to eliminate pathogens, the larvae make a sustainably produced, nutrient-rich protein input for animal feed. 100% of the waste is safely treated.

In Kinanie, to the south of Nairobi, the waste is fed to black soldier fly larvae which grow and are harvested and dried to provide protein for animal feed. Photo: Finnfund

Main development impact

Investment details

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