Created in 2013 in Togo, Africa Global Recycling (AGR) now has an annual turnover of more than 250 million CFA francs. The company founded by Edem d'Almeida employs about fifty workers. Africa Global Recycling is a reference company for the green economy through waste recovery in sub-Saharan Africa. It puts waste at the heart of a new economic model and social innovation on the continent. A rather promising approach, since AGR has managed to achieve an annual turnover of more than 250 million CFA francs (382,234 euros) and create about fifty jobs.

In the start-up's sorting and processing center, up to 46 types of waste are processed, including plastics, electronic equipment, paper, cardboard, glass, metals and even bumpers of crashed cars. To transform all kinds of materials, the start-up has equipped itself with state-of-the-art machines including extruders, or aggregators for the manufacture of synthetic fibers, optical blocks, woven felts for the automotive industry.

After 8 years of existence, AGR has started from a model exclusively focused on the sale of recyclable waste to diversify with new services such as consulting, training, waste management engineering. The start-up has also recently been offering integrated CSR project solutions.