SALUBATA is a shoe design and manufacturing company that collects and converts plastic waste into customized shoes.[1][2]
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| Founded | United States (2020, as Salubata) |
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| Headquarters | Nigeria, France, United States |
Key people | Fela Buyi Akinse Yewande Akinse |
| Website | www |
In 2020, SALUBATA won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and became the first IEEE Entrepreneurship Stars Virtual Competition. [3][4][5]
History
editSalubata is a global brand, started in Nigeria, registered in France and currently headquartered in the United States. Founded in 2020 by Fela Buyi Akinse alongside Yewande Akinse.[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.[12][13][14]
In 2023, They were shortlisted from 650 entries worldwide in over 20 different countries on Make it Circular Challenge and were the winner of Circularity 20 at GreenBiz's online circular economy event.[15] [16]
Awards
editThe winners of the Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge 2021 by the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation.[17]
References
edit- ^ "How One Nigerian Enterprise is Tackling the Global Plastic Plague, One Shoe at a Time". April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "From plastic to designer: Salubata creates trendy modular shoes as a fashionable way to recycle waste in Nigeria". April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ "CUSTOMIZABLE SHOES FROM THIS STARTUP COULD HELP STAMP OUT PLASTIC WASTE". January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Customizable Shoes from This Startup Could Help Stamp Out Plastic Waste". December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Modular shoes knitted from recycled plastic wastes". March 16, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Meet Africa's top 5 entrepreneurs in the waste recycling business". December 16, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Low-cost, high-quality design, modular shoes made out of upcycled plastic waste". March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ "How my brother 'failed' Kwara – Saraki's sister". February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ "Future waste". February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "Nigerian Start ups wins at Commonwealth". June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "I'm Proud of our Youths". June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ "Tech Los Angeles". July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "African sneakers". February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ "Meet the woman lead Start ups". August 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Circular economy start up". September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "MICC norminee". July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "African Youth lead". February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "Venturelab awards". October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Better Incubation award". June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Black History". February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Sustainability award". December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.