Nzambi Matee

Nzambi Matee born at the date September 19 1992, is a Kenyan trained mechanical engineer, environmentalist, hardware designer, inventor and serial entrepreneur.

She began creating and testing pavers, and she waited for about a year in order to develop the right ratios for her paving bricks.

During her short tour to the USA, she used the material labs in the University of Colorado Boulder to test and refine the ratios of sand to plastic.

She was heavily inspired to set up Gjenge Makers after witnessing the plastic bags being untidily scattered along the streets of Nairobi.

[5] She was recognised at the United Nations Environment Programme with the prestigious honour Young Champion of the Earth 2020 Africa winner.