Biochar Industrial, an African climate technology company, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its industrial biochar operations. Biochar is produced by heating agricultural and forestry waste through pyrolysis, which locks carbon into a stable form that can stay in soil for long periods. The company aims to turn waste management challenges into a scalable carbon removal opportunity across African economies. The funding will go toward building operational capacity and advancing biochar projects. The article notes that scaling this industry depends on infrastructure, reliable biomass supply chains, and systems to measure and verify carbon removal. For anyone tracking carbon removal markets, this deal is a small but useful signal of growing investor interest in African climate tech, though questions remain about verification methods and whether the carbon storage can be monetized through credit markets.
