Shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options

It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

NAIROBI, KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Piles of firewood surrounded Jane Muthoni in her kitchen made of iron sheets. The roof, walls and wooden pillars were covered in soot. As she blew on the flame for tea, ...
BusinessMirror

Clean-cooking company’s collapse touches World Bank and beyond

The collapse of clean-cooking company Koko Networks Ltd. will reverberate beyond the $300 million investors lost on what used ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Traditional cooking methods linked to 21,000 annual deaths in Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Government has been urged to set aside 15 per cent of affirmative funds to catalyse the growth of the clean cooking sector in Kenya. This will result in flexible loan requirements ...