Our Startups | GIIH Innovation Hub

BEYI Group — low-cost solar rice planting machine. 1.5 ha in 10 hrs, 50% cost savings. 120 USD/ha planting. 75 cooperatives (...)

Cold Chain Penetration — solar-powered portable cooler for open-market horticulture sellers. $5/week lease. Cuts 30% spoilage. GIIH (...)

e-Ivuze by Smart Healthcare — all-in-one made-in-Rwanda vital signs device with mobile dashboard. Your Health At Your Screen. B2B/B2C (...)

IHAZE Solar Stove by ECO TERRA ENERGY GROUP — hybrid solar biomass cooker using pellets, volcanic rocks and briquettes. Musanze (...)

Ferax Hills Ltd (FERAXIO brand): organic eco NPK fertilizer, bio-pesticide and SHISHA Max from waste. GIIH support 4,000,000 RWF. (...)

GIRAMAX Ltd — AI digital twin for water utilities. Cut leakage 99%, fix leaks in 3 hrs. 25-yr BOT model. Target WASAC & MEA (...)

Waste-to-fuel startup in Gicumbi Byumba: Ubwiza coal briquettes, Eza organic fertilizer and Gisubizo insulated stove. GIIH support (...)

Affordable maggot-based poultry feed (Maggot Feed brand) at 350 RWF/kg. GIIH-incubated startup serving 30+ farmers; RSB-tested insect (...)

OVAL Ltd — tiles, wall tiles & pavers from waste plastics. Custom colours & shapes. From 4,000 RWF/m. Pollution-free (...)

Right Lamp Shine Group Ltd — RLACS automatic changeover switch for seamless solar/grid power switching. GIIH support 6,000,000 RWF. (...)

RE-BANATEX — biodegradable fashion from banana trunk fibers. Yarn, garments, vegan leather. 65% more sustainable than cotton. GIIH (...)

SEA Group Rwanda — affordable clean cooking gas from petrol+water+air. Plastic pyrolysis fuel loop. $32.5/unit. Simple Energy for (...)

Embedded system and mobile app that lets three users share one electricity meter with per-channel daily usage (...)

SHFE Company Ltd — Optimizer Biomass Zip Stove with insulated design, 7 min boil, 100–300 g/hr fuel use. From 3,500 RWF. Kamonyi. (...)

Shine Shoes Co. Ltd — eco-friendly black shoe cream from recycled salon hair waste. 75g at 300 RWF. Shine Shoe Polish brand. GIIH (...)

SIBO Engineering Co. — quality plastic tiles, tables and chairs from recycled waste. Vision: Rwanda free from plastic pollution by (...)

Smart Water — IoT digital water meters with live flow data, dashboards & SMS billing. 35,000 RWF/meter. 230K households. MVP (...)

South Cycle (Zero Waste) — recycles glass waste into terrazzo tiles, marbles & counter tops. 9,800 RWF/m². HEC 3rd place 3M RWF. (...)

T&T Woodgas Co. Ltd — GreenFuel woodbriqgas from wood waste: smokeless briquettes, wood gas and wood tar. 4,500 RWF/5kg. Thierry (...)

Hands-on 3D teaching materials for nursery and primary schools — alphabet letters, maths kits. Eco-friendly, affordable (60,000 RWF). (...)

Biomass gasifier Gorilla Cook Stove using rice husks/pellets (100-200 RWF/kg vs 300 RWF charcoal). GIIH support 11,000,000 RWF. UR-CST (...)

UBWENGE — biomass briquettes from Kigali waste (sawdust, paper, clay). Clean affordable cooking fuel at 300 RWF/kg. Target market (...)

Get It Fast — URUVU360 lost-and-found platform plus Uruvu Delivery for item return. GIIH support 2,000,000 RWF. Connects finders and (...)