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    Can Agricultural Waste Help Uganda Build More Affordable Homes? Meet the
    Innovator Behind CoolBricks
    Kampala, Uganda – What if the answer to more affordable housing in Uganda lies partly
    in the soil beneath our feet and the agricultural waste we often overlook? For Kaneene
    Leslie, this possibility has become the focus of an innovation that challenges conventional
    approaches to building and asks an important question: can Uganda use more of its own
    resources to make decent housing accessible to more families?
    Leslie, a Quantity Surveying graduate from Makerere University Kampala, is developing
    CoolBricks, a construction innovation that uses locally available soils and agricultural
    waste to produce bio-stabilised earth bricks. By eliminating conventional cement as a
    stabilising ingredient and avoiding energy-intensive firing, the technology seeks to offer a
    more affordable, lower-carbon alternative to conventional building materials.
    His work is driven by a challenge that extends beyond construction. For many Ugandan
    households, the aspiration to own a home is constrained by the cost of building. Finding
    ways to reduce that cost without compromising structural performance, durability or
    comfort remains an important part of expanding access to decent housing.
    For Leslie, developing an alternative brick is only the beginning. The bigger question is
    whether the technology can work beyond the research environment, compete on cost and
    gain the confidence of builders and prospective homeowners.
    That is where the Housing Finance Bank Zimba Challenge comes in. Having developed
    and refined CoolBricks through academic research and early pilot projects, Leslie sees the
    challenge as an opportunity to test the innovation against the practical demands of housing
    delivery, including affordability, adoption and the ability to scale.
    The project targets reductions of up to 50 per cent in construction costs and up to 90 per
    cent in carbon emissions. These are ambitious targets whose significance will depend on
    how the technology performs in practical applications and how the results compare with
    conventional construction methods.
    Achieving them requires a careful balance. A building material may be inexpensive to
    produce, but that advantage means little if it cannot deliver the strength and durability
    required for safe, permanent homes. Leslie’s work has therefore involved testing different
    soil compositions and biopolymer formulations, supported by collaboration involving
    Makerere University and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
    The experience has reinforced his belief that innovation must be judged by what it can
    deliver in practice, not simply by the promise of an idea.
    November 4, 2026

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