Global Citizen · 4 hours ago

Turning Waste Into Feed Is Tawonga Nyirenda’s Superpower

When Tawonga Nyirenda stepped into poultry farming, following in her parents' footsteps, she discovered a harsh truth: "Even hardworking farmers could struggle to become truly profitable or sustain their families because the system was working against them." Rather than accept this reality, she founded SeedBiz, using Black Soldier Fly Larvae technology to transform organic waste into affordable livestock feed and fertilizer-a circular solution now serving more than 300 smallholder farmers across Malawi. But Nyirenda's vision extends beyond her own enterprise; she recognizes that "entrepreneurship alone is not enough" when policies and systems fail to support innovation, which is why she advocates fiercely for youth-led solutions and women's leadership in agriculture. Her work reveals something essential about changemaking: that the most powerful innovations often come from those who understand struggle intimately and refuse to rise alone.