Enterprise Financing Journey: Khainza Energy

Khainza Energy (SEED Low Carbon Award Winner 2018) is committed to providing clean, safe, and affordable cooking fuel solutions to Ugandans. It is an innovative circular economy business that obtains organic waste from smallholder farms and local households for processing and refinement into high-purity methane. The enterprise‘s core business involves (a) biogas system installations (primarily for schools), (b) renewable energy systems trainings (for dairy farmers, schools and refugees), and (c) packaging and distribution of biogas cylinders.

The enterprise financing journey of Khainza Energy is exemplary of the sometimes turbulent and various paths that eco-inclusive SMEs might follow in establishing and expanding their businesses.