Trio bags Africa award for turning used diapers into clean energy

Dennis Wachira, Peter Gachanja and Melvin Kizito, the creators of Leafy Ke. [Gloria Aradi, Standard]

From laboratories and lecture rooms at the University of Nairobi, a close friendship was brewed out of a common interest in Nanochemistry between Peter Gachanja, Dennis Wachira and Melvin Kizito. But something bigger was also born.

On October 11, the three Chemistry graduates emerged winners in the African edition of the Climate LaunchPad (CLP) competitions for coming up with an innovation that turns used diapers and sanitary pads into cooking fuel.