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African woman cooking over traditional wood fire with smoke
🌿 West Africa's First Carbon-Negative Fuel Company

Clean Cooking.
Carbon Negative.
West Africa First.

We're replacing wood and charcoal with bamboo-based fuel that's better for people, better for the planet, and better for the bottom line.

900M
People Affected
600K
Annual Deaths
$8B
Market Size

A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight

Every day, millions of families cook over open fires with wood and charcoal, creating a silent health and environmental catastrophe.

Indoor air pollution from cooking

Indoor Air Pollution Crisis

Cooking smoke kills more people annually than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS combined. Women and children bear the greatest burden.

Land degradation from deforestation

Deforestation & Climate Impact

Traditional charcoal production drives massive deforestation, releasing stored carbon and accelerating climate change across West Africa.

Bamboo Changes Everything

A simple, elegant solution designed for the people who use it.

60x Faster Growth

Bamboo grows 60 times faster than trees, providing a sustainable, renewable fuel source that never depletes.

Carbon Negative

Our bamboo plantations absorb more CO₂ than our entire production process emits—true carbon negativity.

Lower Cost

Our briquettes cost less than traditional charcoal while burning cleaner, longer, and with less smoke.

Measurable Change

Every briquette we produce creates ripples of positive impact across health, environment, and economy.

12 tons
COâ‚‚ absorbed per acre annually
79%
Value chain captured
90%
Smoke reduction
200+
Local jobs created
Hermann DeSouza, Founder and CEO of VieVert
Hermann DeSouza
Founder & CEO

From Personal Mission to Global Impact

During a visit to my mother's kitchen in Benin, I watched a neighbor's newborn twins gasp near billowing cooking smoke. That moment crystallized everything.

With 14+ years of operational excellence at Apple, I saw a pattern: the best solutions are simple, elegant, and designed for the people who use them.

VieVert applies that philosophy to clean cooking. We're not just selling fuel—we're building West Africa's first vertically integrated, carbon-negative energy company.

Bamboo changes everything. It grows 60x faster than trees. It captures more carbon than it releases. And it transforms into clean-burning briquettes that cost less than traditional charcoal.

Former Apple Inc. Six Sigma Certified Google PM Certified

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Whether you're an investor, partner, or simply believe in our vision—we'd love to hear from you.

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Headquarters
Austin, Texas, USA
Operations
Benin, West Africa