Makafui Awuku: Ghanaian Innovator Builds Beautiful Furniture Using Plastic Waste, Photos Wow Many

• Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mckingtorch Africa, Makafui Awuku, has built furniture
• The Ghanaian innovator and social entrepreneur made the beautiful furniture out of recycled pure water sachet
• The stunning images, posted to his LinkedIn account, drew many compliments from online users

Ghanaian innovator and social entrepreneur Makafui Awuku has built furniture using recycled pure water sachet.

The founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mckingtorch Africa displayed the newly made furniture on his LinkedIn account.

Makafui Awuku shares details

Awuku disclosed the water sachet plastic waste he used to make the beautiful tables and chairs was recovered from the streets of Accra.

''360 Degrees. Sustainable Communities and Cities SDG Goal 11. Product design and testing complete. Made from recycled pure water sachets plastic waste recovered from the streets of Accra. Safe for the environment and affordable.

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''Taking orders for bulk production. Whatsapp on 0243548478 for a conversation. Open for investment,'' he posted on LinkedIn.

In an interview with YEN.com.gh, Awuku said the idea came to him when he made leather from plastic waste during the pandemic after experimenting for 12 months.

''I wanted to arrive at a place where I could create affordable furniture for rural folks that don't have furniture, and they'll be cheap enough for people to buy.

''One of the challenges is that recycling items are expensive, but I've figured that out. I made these items just last week; I made the first prototype, and we sent it to an exhibition and tested it with over 50 people sitting on them,'' he told YEN.com.gh.

The Mckingtorch Africa founder said the company has reached a point where they are ready to start identifying a school to run a product pilot.

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''Then do a need assessment to determine their furniture needs and pilot it to the school for the next six months before we evaluate and commercialise them,'' he added.

See some of the images below:

Peeps celebrate Makafui Awuku's creativity

YEN.com.gh selected some of the reactions from netizens below.

J'ezkella Afoakwah mentioned:

This is impressive. I am definitely reaching out!

Numfor Solange Ayuni commented:

Very innovative.

Moselle Brown reacted:

This is awesome.

Mckingtorch Africa unveils Ghana's first-ever solar-powered bus shelter

Not long ago, Awuku's environmental sustainability brand, McKingtorch Africa, commissioned the country's first solar-powered bus shelter from recycled and upcycled plastic waste.

The Bus Shelter Proof-of-Concept project is the country's first and possibly the first on the continent.

McKingtorch Africa unveiled the first bus shelter of the project at Dzorwulu in Accra on Thursday.

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh previously reported that women in traditionally male-dominated fields such as shoemaking face difficult hurdles, but one Ghanaian artisan, Edna Frimpong, is making laudable strides.

Born into humble parentage, Edna has worked hard to establish Fash Slippers, a footwear brand that produces handmade slippers in Ghana.

The journey to becoming an entrepreneur, shoemaker, and creative director of the shoe label was not a walk in the park because of her deprived background.

Source: YEN.com.gh