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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Nzambi Matee
“I am a self-driven entrepreneur and a self-taught mechanical engineer,” says Nzambi Matee. Her Gjenge Makers Ltd firm recycles almost 500 kilograms of plastic waste into over 1,000 eco-friendly paving bricks a day. Most of the partners she pays to source the waste and process it are women. Nzambi is a United Nations Environment Programme Young Champion of the Earth.