{"id":20304,"date":"2025-07-04T09:11:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endev.info\/?post_type=impact_story&p=20304"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:18:28","slug":"how-clean-cookstoves-are-changing-lives-three-stories-from-senegal-and-kenya","status":"publish","type":"impact_story","link":"https:\/\/endev.info\/fr\/impact-stories\/how-clean-cookstoves-are-changing-lives-three-stories-from-senegal-and-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"How Clean Cookstoves Are Changing Lives \u2013 Three Stories from Senegal and Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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More than two billion people worldwide still cook with harmful fuels like wood, kerosene, or charcoal. In Kenya and Senegal, a project is supporting local improved cookstove (ICS) producers \u2013 with powerful impacts on health, income, and quality of life. Three entrepreneurs share how their lives have transformed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

In Kenya and Senegal, small local businesses are leading a quiet revolution: with the right tools and support, they are producing clean cookstoves that improve health, create jobs, and protect the climate. Meet three entrepreneurs who are turning simple stoves into powerful engines of change \u2013 for their communities and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mbathie Sow \u2013 Dakar, Senegal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t
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Mbathie Sow, showcasing his stoves as well as the label for marketing at his new workshop in Dakar, Senegal.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Mbathie Sow has been running his business in Dakar, Senegal since 2012 and initially was able to produce around 600 units per month. However, thanks to a new ICS workshop in one of Dakar’s industrial zones, as well as the professionalisation kit, Mbathie has managed to successfully scale up his production. With now 1,200 ICS units per month he extended his distribution chain to remote areas and has taken on seven new employees, creating opportunities for young people in Dakar. With better access to financing, new opportunities have opened up. As a next step, Mbathie Sowe wants to invest in online marketing via social media to extend his supply network.<\/p>\n

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Now I transport more than 400 ICS per trip to the city of Ziguinchor since I was able to increase my production. I need to combine car hire with the van transport provided by the project.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMbathie Sow<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Naomi Ngotho \u2013 Murang\u2019a County, Kenya<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t
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Naomi Ngotho showcasing the freshly made ceramic liners in her ICS workshop in Murang\u2019a county, Kenya.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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In Murang\u2019a county\/Kenya, Naomi Ngotho started her business in 2020 producing around 50 ICS per month. Her entrepreneurial spirit in combination with the support as part of the projects\u2019 professionalisation kit, has rapidly taken her from small-scale, artisanal production to a more professional level, being able to upscale her productivity.. Due to this positive development, she hired six new employees, \u00a0And Naomi Ngotho’s vision doesn’t stop there; she has ambitious plans to broaden her market reach and putting herself on a strong path toward reaching a business-class operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore we used to produce 50 stoves per month but currently, we produce more than 200 stoves. When I started, I had no home. Now I own a home, and my children go to the best school. It\u2019s all because of the hard work I put into this project.\u201d \u2013 Naomi Ngotho<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Kimanthi \u2013 Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t
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Bruce Kimathi showcasing a stove produced in his new ICS workshop facility next to his old workshop in Tharaka-Nithi county Kenya,<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Bruce Kimanthi started his stove production business in 2008 in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya, building on his background in ceramics from his polytechnic studies. He began with a monthly output of 2,000 liners. Thanks to the trainings in supply chain management and marketing, his business has since expanded, now producing 5,000 liners per month. This was also made possible by the construction of a second ICS workshop next to his previous one. It enabled the mechanization of ICS production processes and provided him with more storage space to deliver on larger order quantities. Looking to the future, Bruce aims to explore additional energy-saving solutions in the market to further diversify his product range.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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The project introduced us to a spraying machine. Before, we could paint 50 stoves per day, but now we can do up to 500.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBruce Kimanthi<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

These stories show how local entrepreneurship, combined with targeted support, creates lasting impact \u2013 not only by expanding businesses but also by improving lives, creating jobs, and offering new perspectives for families and communities. In 2024 alone, over 1.5 million clean cookstoves were sold through the project.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWant to know how the professionalisation strategy works? Download the Guide on the Professionalisation Approach.<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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