UZURI K&Y ltd Cultivating communities & saving the environment

UZURI K & Y is an Africa-inspired eco-friendly shoe brand based in Rwanda, with the mission to solve the environmental and unemployment issues in their local community. The company recycles car tires in Sub-Saharan Africa to make functional and fashionable footwear for millennial & responsible consumers. The company is running its own production facility, 4 retail stores and using e-commerce to reach the international market. They employ and train local young people, 1,078 youth had already been trained, among those 70% were women and 10 of them had created small & micro business.