Who is
behind it.

As Founder and CEO of Biochar Solutions Africa, he holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of Abuja, with doctoral research centred on the relationship between climate finance, ESG and sustainable energy development in Nigeria. Dr. Al-Amin is developing a specialised platform around biochar production, regenerative agriculture, soil restoration, carbon sequestration and agricultural-waste valorisation.

The Biochar Solutions Africa platform identifies biochar's role in soil improvement, nutrient retention, waste management, circular economy and agricultural productivity.

His vision for the sector is considerably broader than biochar production alone. It involves developing an integrated African circular bioeconomy in which agricultural residues, including rice husks and straw, maize cobs and stalks and other biomass residues, can be converted through controlled thermochemical processes into biochar and associated value streams.

B.Agric and MSc in Soil Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a PhD from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, where she worked on modelling nutrient flows and balances in agroecosystems with the Plant Production Systems Group. On the faculty of ABU's Department of Soil Science since 2002, specialising in soil physics.

Master's in environmental rehabilitation and a PhD in Environmental Management from Lancaster University, with business and enterprise fellowships from Cambridge, Stanford and MIT. Consultant at the Lancaster Environment Centre and Chair for Africa of the Scientific Research and Innovation Council UK.

MSc in Environmental Management from Bayero University Kano and a BSc in Geography from Yobe State University. Previously project manager and chief executive at Sahel Humanity Centre, an environmental management and sustainability company in Damaturu, Yobe State. Responsible for staffing and operational process.

BSc Botany from the University of Maiduguri, a specialist diploma in biological technology from the Nigeria Institute of Science and Technology, an MSc in Land Resources from Bayero University Kano, and a PhD in Geography and Environmental Management from Maiduguri. Research fellow at the Centre for Arid Zone Studies.

PhD and MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Maiduguri, a first degree in Geology and a postgraduate diploma in environmental management. Fifteen years helping start-ups in northern Nigeria scale, concentrated on eco-innovation, product management and business development.