COLLAROSTA TECHNOLOGIES AND CRAFTS
- Providing clean, affordable, renewable and sustainable energy solutions to reduce the negative consequences of global warming and hence climate change.
- Providing an online platform where artisans who make recycled and upcycled artifacts and handicrafts from environmental waste can sell their merchandise and the goods are delivered to the buyers.
- Biomass energy accounts for over 80% of energy use in Kenya. Our market currently targets more than 226,179 households and approximately 100 executive hotels in Kisumu county.
- The e-commerce market in Kenya had a revenue of US$1.7 billion in 2021, we project 5% of this revenue in 5 years.
- Our energy-fuel briquettes are better than LPG gas vendors, Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Kerosene Fuel Pump Stations and Charcoal/Wood fuel vendors on the basis of: Accessibility; Affordability; Cleanliness & Sustainability
- The Kenyan Crafts company, Etsy, African Crafts Market & Hadithi Kenya are some of our local competitors in artifacts and handicrafts, however, we come first in advocating environmental conservation; health & social well-being and improving living standards.
- Briquettes are made from biodegradable matter such as water hyacinth, bagasse and municipal waste. Hence recycling of the waste is an effort towards solid waste management.
- The use of a technology platform to sell the recycled/upcycled product is creativity.
- Greenhouse gas emission control . Climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions currently poses a threat in terms of food insecurity, loss of bio diversity and economic impacts
- Trees contribution to their environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife.
- Waste management through recycling/upcycling gives artisans a source of livelihoods and reduces pollution.
About
Our mission is to provide the best services.
Collarosta Technologies and Crafts is a social enterprise that deals in appropriate technology for communities with a broad objective of creating livelihoods and environmental conservation in Kisumu, Kenya.
The Earth loses 18.7 million acres of forests per year and it is estimated that 15 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation, according to the WWF. Greenhouse gases contribute to global warming and consequently climate change.