Jack Oyugi Explained

Jack Oyugi Omandi is an entrepreneur from Kenya known for developing Aquaprotein animal feed from water hyacinth, an invasive species in Lake Victoria.[1] [2] [3]

Oyugi worked as a dairy farm manager and observed that water hyacinth would be consumed by cows up to the point where it became inundated with heavy metals. In 2016, he started a company which harvested hyacinth and processed it with a fungus to increase protein levels from 14% to 50% to create a product able to be used as feed.[4] [5] Fishermen on Lake Victoria harvest the hyacinth. The byproduct can also be used as fertilizer.

Notes and References

  1. The Economist, March 28th 2020, page 3.
  2. Web site: Kenya: 4 Kenyan Innovators Whose Ideas Will Blow Your Mind. Elvis. Ondieki. 4 February 2020. allAfrica.com.
  3. Web site: Hodal . Kate . 28 December 2019 . Fraud fighters and bamboo bikes: the African innovators driving change . www.theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Mwitari . David . I make chemical-free animal feed from water hyacinth . The Standard . 24 September 2023 . en.
  5. Web site: Aisha Raheem and Victor Boyle-Komolafe Made the Shortlist for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation . BellaNaija . 24 September 2023 . 24 November 2019.

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