[1][2] In 2020, SALUBATA won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and became the first IEEE Entrepreneurship Stars Virtual Competition.
[3][4][5] Salubata is a global brand, started in Nigeria, registered in France and currently headquartered in the United States.
[6][7] The company invented two globally patented technologies which are modular shoes made or repurposed from plastic wastes and carbon decomposition shoe technology.
Five per cent of SALUBATA profits from shoe sales are used in empowering children and women in underprivileged communities.
[8][9] In 2022, they were announced as the winner of Kigali Startup Festival at the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in Kigali,[10][11] and currently have a partnership with Amazon (company), Techstars Accelerator Los Angeles, and has been featured on TechCrunch, Business of Fashion.