About L’Africaine d’architecture:
L’Africaine d’architecture is an international organization encouraging a more integrated approach to the field of architecture and the African city. Since July 2012, the association has been testing its urban utopia in Lomé; "HubCité Africaines", which triggered the establishment of the WoeLab incubator network, which has become the center of the Togolese tech-scene.

About WoeLab:
Open to all, the WoeLab, with its 1300m² of space, is an incubator based in Lomé, Togo, where new approaches of productive collaboration and inclusive entrepreneurship in an African context.
WoeLab aims to welcome and accompany young people and unpack their potential by introducing them to the startup culture.

Organa is a start-up that brings an innovative solution to waste management. We collect organic waste as soon as it is produced.

In Togo, heavy waste such as metals and plastics have some collection points set up across the city by designated organizations, but as for organic waste, there are not many options for people to recycle and compost. To tackle the environmental issue and protect our own health, especially for children, action is needed. That's why Organa, together with SCoPe, another Togolese startup, team up together to tackle the challenge of good waste management.

Waste collection and management have always been a real problem in urban areas around the world. We produce all types of waste, and organic waste is one type of them.

The rapid urban developments that we are currently facing accentuate the problem of organic waste management. Here in Togo, people tend to dump everything together and burn the piles of garbage in a street. The habit is not present for its odor and look, as well as for the environment itself. How can we effectively manage the waste we produce?