Mr. Joseph Nguthiru

Lead Panellist, Panel Discussion 3 “Leveraging Waste for Africa’s Industrial Growth (Steel, Plastics, Textile sectors & E-waste)”

Joseph Nguthiru, the UN Young Champion of the Earth, is a climate-tech engineer and the Founder and CEO of HyaPak, a circular-economy startup that converts water hyacinth, the world’s most invasive aquatic weed, into biodegradable alternatives to single-use plastic packaging.
Joseph also serves as Co-Founder and COO of M-Situ, which deploys solar-powered IoT sensors and machine learning for real-time forest protection, and as Co-Founder of AfroClimate, a nonprofit supporting African climate entrepreneurs.
Joseph holds a BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Egerton University, Kenya. He is also an Obama Leader, a One Young World Ambassador, part of the Prince Albert II of Monaco foundation, and is listed among MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35.