{"id":14270,"date":"2022-02-07T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=14270"},"modified":"2022-02-07T09:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T08:17:00","slug":"africa-recycle-coconut-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/circular-bioeconomy\/africa-recycle-coconut-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Alhaji, the startupper who is curbing deforestation with coconut waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A circular solution against deforestation in West Africa. Alhaji Siraj Bah, a young innovator from Freetown, Sierra Leone, bets on coconut waste to offer an alternative to wood-based fuel<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From tragedy to a new beginning. It may happen in <strong>Africa<\/strong>, where human and environmental adversities can often inspire <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/smart-agriculture-congo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new solutions<\/a> in the name of innovation and sustainability. This is the story of <strong>Alhaji Siraj Bah<\/strong>, 22 years old startupper who heads <a href=\"https:\/\/startup.orange.com\/en\/candidature\/rugsal-trading-smart-farm-sl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rugsal Trading<\/a>, an innovative company based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The world&#8221;s <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.businessinsider.com\/local\/markets\/mapped-the-25-poorest-countries-in-the-world\/f2tg0wr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9th <\/a> poorest country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ntbPhyPwSb8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>The 2017 disaster<\/h5>\n<p>West Africa, August 14, 2017: a flood sweeps through the capital taking <strong>1,141 lives<\/strong>. Members of Alhaji&#8217;s adoptive family, which <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/11\/25\/africa\/sierra-leone-environment-intl-c2e\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had rescued him from the streets<\/a> for about a year before, are among the victims. The boy, then seventeen years old, is forced to react.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I lost my adopted parents in 2017 during a mudslide disaster in Freetown,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/youngchampions\/bio\/2019\/africa\/alhaji-siraji-bah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a> a few years later. &#8220;I discovered that this was caused by high <strong>deforestation<\/strong> in the area and improper waste management, which motivated me in my cause.&#8221; That&#8217;s how it all began.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9XIb3EPw8Q\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/africa-great-green-wall-economic-return\/\">Africa, the Great Green Wall is an excellent economic investment too<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Africa, the Great Green Wall is an excellent economic investment too&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/africa-great-green-wall-economic-return\/embed\/#?secret=LID5V2urav#?secret=9XIb3EPw8Q\" data-secret=\"9XIb3EPw8Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>A circular solution<\/h5>\n<p>Four years after the tragedy, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/interactive\/2021\/deforestation-sierra-leone-alhaji-siraj-bah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote <\/a>in December, &#8220;Bah runs his own business with nearly three dozen employees and an ambitious goal: <strong>Reduce the felling of Sierra Leone\u2019s trees<\/strong> \u2014 a loss that scientists say amplifies the mudslide risk \u2014 by encouraging his neighbors to swap wood-based charcoal for a substitute <strong>made from coconut scraps<\/strong>. Heaps of shells and husks discarded by juice sellers around Freetown provide an energy source that requires no chopping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To date, Rugsal Trading has produced more than <strong>100 tons<\/strong> of coconut-made briquettes that can be used as fuel in a circular process. In short, by reusing waste products, the African company is able to offer an alternative to wood-based products, thus curbing deforestation.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gakM7VLhCP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/light-carbon-africa\/\">Low cost technology helps African farmers to measure carbon in soil<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Low cost technology helps African farmers to measure carbon in soil&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/light-carbon-africa\/embed\/#?secret=5go1tXjrX8#?secret=gakM7VLhCP\" data-secret=\"gakM7VLhCP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>15 thousand trees have already been saved<\/h5>\n<p>These products look unique because of their slow consumption . &#8220;Bah learned from YouTube how to produce <strong>smoke-free<\/strong> briquettes, which he says burn for four hours longer than coal or wood\u201d says Washington Post. \u201cHe collects coconut shells, sugar cane, rice husk, and palm kernel waste from farmers and households, grinds the raw material and binds it with starch before it is extruded through a machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company is also commited in other activities. &#8220;In addition, we make eco-friendly <strong>biodegradable paper bags<\/strong> from banana leaves to tackle plastic pollution\u201d Bah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/youngchampions\/bio\/2019\/africa\/alhaji-siraji-bah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in another occasion. \u201cToday we have produced <strong>more than 250,000 eco-friendly bags<\/strong> and more than 120 tons of clean and smokeless briquettes from coconut, saving thousands of our mothers, wives and sisters from health risks by providing them with clean and affordable fuel, while saving more than 15,000 trees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Sunday, we will talk to one of the nominees for the 2022 African Genius Awards, Alhaji Siraj Bah. Bah is a Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and the founder of Rugsal Trading, a company that produces handcrafted paper bags as well as briquettes for cooking fuel. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaloneTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaloneTwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w2W6flc09E\">pic.twitter.com\/w2W6flc09E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The African Dream (@theafricadream) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theafricadream\/status\/1459602866084229134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>A message for Africa<\/h5>\n<p>Bah&#8217;s experience is still attracting attention. Recently, the young startupper was nominated for the 2022 edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/priorityperformance.co.za\/africangenius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Genius Awards<\/a>, the recognition given by Johannesburg-based firm Plus 94 to honor <strong>innovative excellence in Africa<\/strong>. Winners <a href=\"https:\/\/priorityperformance.co.za\/africangenius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will be be announced in May<\/a>. Meanwhile, researchers has provided further support to the importance of anti-deforestation efforts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In recent weeks, in fact, a British <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2109285119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in the American journal <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> has pointed out the correlation between deforestation and the increasing <strong>frequency of tropical storms<\/strong> in coastal areas of West Africa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The loss of tree cover &#8211; said the authors &#8211; leads to <strong>higher temperatures<\/strong> that strengthen the intensity of the breeze coming from the sea, thus triggering storms on deforested areas where devastating rivers of mud and debris are easily generated. As it happend in August 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una soluzione circolare contro la deforestazione in Africa Occidentale. Alhaji Siraj Bah, giovanissimo innovatore di Freetown, in Sierra Leone, scommette sui residui del cocco per offrire un\u2019alternativa ai prodotti derivati dal legno<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,134],"tags":[176,153,267,165,223,237,208],"class_list":["post-14270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circular-bioeconomy","category-articles","tag-africa-en","tag-best-practice-en","tag-bioeconomia-circolare-en","tag-forests","tag-hydrogeological-instability","tag-organic-matter","tag-waste"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Sierra Leone startup is curbing deforestation with coconut waste<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Circular innovation: in 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