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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology alumni, and Innovator, Erick Gathirwa Kariuki, has developed a biofuel innovation by harnessing the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) into a bioethanol product that can be used as cooking fuel in households.
Erick Kariuki, who graduated in from JKUAT with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Biotechnology, developed an interest in renewable energy and biofuels while on a visit to the Lake Victoria region, when he was a student.
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