RETHREAD

At Rethread Africa, we are on a mission to revolutionize the fashion industry by creating a closed-loop system, turning challenges into opportunities, and leading the way toward a world where nothing goes to waste... Developing any new material takes both time and resources and doing so while being invested in the communities we work in is an extra layer of complexity. Today we have been able to run pilots in a small village called Olare Homa Bay County in Western Kenya. While we are yet to hit profitability, our greatest cost implication is paying farmers for the feedstock we get from them, creating and sustaining jobs in these communities, and re-investing our resources in ensuring that as a social enterprise, we do both well and good. Today, we reinvest a majority of our profits in these communities and we are committed to working on a business model that ensures that this is sustained as we scale with a commitment of >51% of our profits remaining in the local communities we work..

Also known as: Rethread Africa

Primary location: Kigali Rwanda