What Beachcleanup Ghana does

BeachCleanup Ghana Limited is a Ghanaian cleantech startup founded in 2019 by Kwabena Asibey (Managing Director) and Prince Owusu Ababio (Operations Director), both of whom grew up in a coastal community in Accra. The company delivers physical cleaning and maintenance of Ghana's beaches, rivers, and waterway drainage systems using a suite of proprietary hardware: mechanical raking systems for beach surfaces, a patented river cleaning technology designed for inland waterways, and drainage trash catchers that intercept plastic waste before it reaches the ocean through storm drains. Collected plastic is weighed, tagged, sealed, and segregated by grade for full traceability, after which recyclable plastic is mechanically processed into products for the manufacturing industry and non-recyclable plastic is thermally recycled into energy.

The company operates a Clean-Collect-Recycle model in which partnerships with Ghana's 29 coastal Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) form the core of its go-to-market. Revenue is generated through formal service agreements with these government bodies, which are responsible for environmental sanitation in their jurisdictions. BeachCleanup Ghana cites Ghana National Plastics Action Partnership projections of a 190% increase in plastic leakage into Ghanaian waterbodies between 2020 and 2040 (from approximately 78,000 to 228,000 tonnes per year), with rivers identified as a major ocean-pollution pathway, as the underlying market thesis for its services. The company also generates secondary revenue potential from selling recycled plastic to manufacturers.

The business is headquartered in Accra (Mantse Okley Street, 10th Avenue), is registered as BeachCleanUp Ghana Limited (Registration No. CS175162019), and operates as a privately held, founder-led entity with no disclosed institutional investors or external ownership. Its distribution is single-channel: direct long-term service contracts with municipal governments within Ghana, supplemented by a website and email newsletter for stakeholder communications. Operational scale is small (11-50 employees) and no funding rounds, revenue figures, or pricing details have been disclosed.

Name

Beachcleanup Ghana

Legal name

BeachCleanUp Ghana Limited

Website

https://beachcleanupghana.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BeachCleanup Ghana is a Ghanaian cleantech startup that uses mechanical raking systems, patented river cleaning technology, and drainage trash catchers to clean beaches and waterways, serving the country's 29 coastal Municipal and District Assemblies under government service contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Cleanup Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Street & Public Space Litter Collection (Municipal Cleaning) (BPALAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pollution Control & Environmental Remediation (Booming, Skimming, Shoreline Cleanup) (TLAHAIAH), Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)

Keywords

• Beach cleanup services
• Waterway cleaning technology
• Plastic waste recycling
• Drainage trash interception
• River cleaning systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Accra

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government MDA Service Contracts: BeachCleanup Ghana forms formal agreements with coastal Municipal and District Assemblies to manage and clean beaches and waterways. Revenue appears to be generated through service contracts with government bodies, where MDAs pay for cleaning and maintenance programs. The company also recycles collected plastic waste into new products for the plastic manufacturing industry, potentially generating secondary revenue from material sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Beachcleanup Ghana Limited provides professional beach and waterbody cleaning services along Ghana's coast using proprietary mechanical raking systems, patented river cleaning technology, and drainage trash catchers. The company partners with all 29 coastal Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) to deliver cleanup services, then segregates and channels collected plastic waste into recycling streams including thermal energy recovery.

Product overview

BeachCleanup Ghana is an environmental cleanup company offering a coordinated service for cleaning and maintaining Ghana's beaches and waterbodies. The core offerings consist of beach cleaning using mechanical raking systems, patented river cleaning technology, and drainage trash catchers to intercept plastic before it reaches the ocean. These are supported by waste segregation and tracking services to ensure proper processing, followed by mechanical recycling of plastics into new products and thermal recycling of non-recyclable waste into energy. The company operates through long-term partnerships with coastal municipalities and district assemblies (MDAs) across Ghana's 29 coastal districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beach and Waterbody Cleaning Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Plastic leakage prevention through drainage trash catchers before it reaches the ocean
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Coastal Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeachCleanup Ghana partners with Ghana's 29 coastal metropolitans, municipal and district assemblies to deliver beach and waterway cleaning services. The company forms formal long-term agreements with MDA partners to manage waterways and beaches in their communities. These partnerships are central to BCG's operations and mission to clean Ghana's beaches and waterbodies using smart technology. The partnerships aim to create value for assemblies while sustaining Ghana's marine ecosystem.
• LADMAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLADMA (Local Authority/MDA) is specifically identified as an MDA partner with a dedicated page on the BeachCleanup Ghana website. The partnership page features operational photos showing LADMA cleanup activities. LADMA represents one of the coastal local authorities working with BCG for beach cleaning and maintenance operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Seabin Project: Manufacturer of floating debris-catching devices installed in marinas and waterways; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as a technology-driven point-of-collection solution targeting plastic before it reaches the open ocean, with marina/harbor deployments.
• Plastic Bank: Social enterprise that stops ocean-bound plastic by building ethical collection networks in coastal communities and recycling it into Social Plastic feedstock; directly comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana's Clean-Collect-Recycle model targeting coastal/river plastic in emerging markets.
• The Ocean Cleanup: Nonprofit developing advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastic; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana in mission (intercepting river/ocean plastic), proprietary technology deployment, and reliance on partnerships with public authorities and donors for scale.
• 4ocean: For-profit commercial beach and ocean cleanup operation selling branded merchandise to fund cleanup crews; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as a revenue-generating beach cleanup business with measurable impact claims and recurring operations.
• Mr. Trash Wheel (Clearwater Mills / Waterfront Partnership): Water-powered trash interceptor that collects debris from waterways before it reaches the ocean; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana's river-cleaning and drainage-trash-catcher technology as a deployed mechanical solution to riverine plastic leakage.

Others

• Surfrider Foundation: International nonprofit focused on beach cleanup, water quality, and ocean conservation advocacy; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as an organization addressing beach plastic pollution through coordinated cleanup campaigns and coastal ecosystem protection.
• Clean Ocean Access: Nonprofit running beach and waterway cleanup programs and watershed protection initiatives; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana in operating community-based coastal cleanup with municipal and volunteer partnerships to prevent plastic reaching the ocean.

Regional players

• Wecyclers: Nigeria-based waste recycling platform operating in West Africa using low-cost cargo bikes to collect household recyclable waste; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as a West African plastic-waste collection and recycling social enterprise serving coastal urban communities.
• EcoPost: Kenyan social enterprise that recycles collected plastic waste into durable fencing and outdoor furniture; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as an African recyclate-to-manufactured-product enterprise converting plastic into industrial outputs.
• Coliba: Ivorian plastic-waste management and recycling company; comparable to BeachCleanup Ghana as a neighboring West African country operator addressing plastic pollution through collection, segregation, and recycling into industrial feedstock.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beachcleanup-ghana

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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