Peellnnova Limited Company, a student-founded startup from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has emerged as one of the top winners at the GreenTech Innovation Challenge 2025 (GTIC), receiving ₵100,000 in support of its groundbreaking innovation.

The company is transforming fruit waste and wood residues into eco-friendly mosquito-repelling products, a solution that not only combats malaria and other vector-borne diseases but also reduces waste pollution and promotes a circular economy.

The GreenTech Challenge, organized by Innohub, is a national initiative that celebrates bold ideas shaping a greener Ghana.

Innohub, a Business Accelerator, Management Consulting, and Impact Investment Platform, supports SMEs and startups with high growth and social impact potential, helping them become sustainable, scalable, and investment ready.

Its mission is to grow enterprising solutions to poverty and underdevelopment through a unique approach built on four principles: Connect, Inspire, Transform, and Grow.

This philosophy continues to empower young innovators like the Peellnnova team to turn their ideas into impactful solutions for the environment and society.

Representing KNUST and Ghana, Peellnnova also showcased its innovation on the global stage at the SDG Olympiad 2025 in Geneva, where the team joined student innovators from across the world to pitch solutions addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Through innovation, sustainability, and social impact, Peellnnova embodies KNUST’s vision of nurturing problem-solvers whose ideas contribute to national development and the achievement of the global SDGs.