2x founder

Uzoma Ayogu

Helping African factories turn shell waste into big profits

Co-founder

Releaf Earth· Summer 2017🇺🇸 United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @Uzoayo

2026Co-founder· Biochar Industrial Group (BIG)

Founder · since 2017

Company

Biochar Industrial Group (BIG)

Role

CTO, Co-Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Releaf Earth

Turning food waste into Biochar to remove CO2 from the atmsophere

Summer 2017

Experience

Career

Biochar Industrial Group (BIG)
Co-founder
CTO, Co-Founder · 2026 – Present
2026
Releaf Earth (YC W19)
Co-founder
CTO, Co-Founder · Nigeria · 2017 – Present
2017
Harambeans
Fellow & Board Observer · 2020 – Present
2020
Y Combinator
Portfolio Member · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – Present
2017
Duke University
Member Board Of Trustees · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area · 2017 – 2020
2017
GE Aerospace
Product Support & Design Engineering · Cincinnati Metropolitan Area · 2016
2016
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
President · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Career Preparation Fellow · Washington D.C. Metro Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
Intelligent Robotics
Research Scientist · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
US-China Emerging Leaders Study Delegation · Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai · 2015
2015
Centre Medicale Sociale
Chief Engineering Intern & Project Manager · Farende, Togo · 2014
2014

Bio

Uzo is CTO & Co-founder of Releaf - Uzo graduated from Duke with a degree in Mechanical engineering in 2017 and currently serves on Duke’s Board of Trustees as a full voting member. Uzo has professional experience working on jet engines at GE Aviation, devising, funding, building resilient engineering impact projects in sanitation & water in rural Brazil & Togo, & independent research research on autonomous drone medical delivery.