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Interview: Happy Amos, founder of Roshan Renewables in Nigeria, spends a month in residence at MIT D-Lab

Happy Amos, founder of Roshan Renewables, working in MIT D-Lab's Burn Lab, a fuel and cookstove testing facility. Photo: MIT D-Lab

Blog | Nov 10, 2021 | Nancy Adams

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Interview: Happy Amos, founder of Roshan Renewables in Nigeria, spends a month in residence at MIT D-Lab

Lagos-based 'Wecyclers' [2012 D-Lab Scale-Ups venture] wins African Development Prize

Photo Credit: King Baudouin Foundation African Development Prize

News | Mar 22, 2019 | Africa News

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Lagos-based 'Wecyclers' [2012 D-Lab Scale-Ups venture] wins African Development Prize

Running Start: Students who hatch their companies at MIT are well-positioned for impact

Tunde Alowode 2017 D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow, co-founder of dot Learn.

News | Oct 15, 2018 | Kara Baskin

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Running Start: Students who hatch their companies at MIT are well-positioned for impact

Scale-Ups Fellow: Bringing “everyone wins” recycling to Nigeria

An employee rides one of the Wecyclers' cargo bikes. The startup employs locals to ride door-to-door across the slums of Lagos, Nigeria, to collect recyclables.

News | Mar 05, 2015 | Rob Matheson, MIT News Office

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Scale-Ups Fellow: Bringing “everyone wins” recycling to Nigeria

Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda

D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow Chebet Lesan holds a bag of her company's innovative charcoal briquettes, which are made from recycled waste. Lesan is the founder and CEO of BrightGreen Renewable Energy, which provides affordable, clean, safe, and eco-friendly charcoal briquettes for low-income households in Kenya.

News | Aug 16, 2017 | Nancy Adams, MIT D-Lab

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Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda

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