LONO was founded in 2016 in Côte d'Ivoire with the conviction that all countries and communities should benefit from innovation and technology. We also believe that this is possible if sufficient effort is made to adapt existing solutions to the local context. Our mission is to offer sustainable and affordable solutions to transform waste into value. In order to achieve this, we offer services and products that support farmers, agro-industries, companies and organization to make the most of their waste. LONO developed a tool for farmers and agribusinesses in Ivory Coast to convert organic waste into products of value. We call this tool Kubeko: an efficient and low-cost method of transforming organic waste into compost, biogas, and electricity. We found that pre-existing technologies were either not adapted to the type of waste in Ivory Coast (often designed for animal dung instead of agricultural waste), or too expensive to be a viable business model. Kubeko’s two-step (dry-wet) proce