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Number 38 on the 2024 list
Charles Oyamo is a founder from Kenya, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for winning a GoGettaz Impact Award for Rethread Africa, which turns farm waste into bioplastics.
Charles Oyamo won a US$15,000 Impact Award at the 2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, presented at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali in September 2024. His company, Rethread Africa, turns smallholder farm waste into bioplastics, which cuts reliance on synthetic materials and raises farmers' incomes without extra labour. He was one of 12 finalists picked across the continent and one of four Impact Award winners.