The Big Thunder Nuts Mining Company Limited, founded in 2018, reduces waste in the macadamia supply chain in Kenya through 3 main activities: the recycling of products from the processing of Macadamia into oil as a cosmetic ingredient, the recycling of biomass mainly that taken by multinationals for boiler needs and the Macadamia processing that seeks to transform 40% of the processing waste into cosmetic oils.
Moses Wachira
THE BIG THUNDER NUTS MINING COMPANY LIMITED
Major Achievements
- More than 1,000 seedlings distributed;
- More than 1,500 tons of nuts exported;
- More than 50 staff members;
- In 2020, together with 2 local macadamia processors, Big Thunder won a World Bank/Government of Kenya GoK contract to supply 1mn seedlings to small scale farmers.
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Industry
Agribusiness, Waste Management
Title
Co- founder and CEO
Accelerator
2018-2019, Nairobi (Kenya)
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