East Africa
Field Notes – The SuperSaver Charcoal stove turns heads in Lubumbashi, DRC
Everyone who saw the SuperSaver Charcoal admired it. When I say everyone, I mean everyone - anyone who saw it would stop and ask about it. This includes soldiers, drivers, street vendors, hotel and project staff, cooks, and even other local improved cookstove manufacturers.… read more
PRESS RELEASE – ENVIROFIT AWARDED GRANT TO EXPAND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AND INCREASE CLEAN ENERGY ADOPTION IN RURAL KENYA – SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Envirofit, a social enterprise that designs, develops and delivers the highest performing, lowest cost clean energy cookstoves, announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Program in Southern and East Africa to expand their Women’s Empowerment Programs in Kenya.… read more
ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER-SPRING 2015
Building a sustainable cookstove business is about more than designing an efficient stove. It is about investing in the entire cookstove value chain. This spring Envirofit has been rapidly growing at a global level and at the local level, where we have expanded from 60 to more than 220 employees worldwide.… read more
Interview with Envirofit East Africa Managing Director David Small in Small/Medium Enterprise Magazine
Majority of Kenyans depend on firewood and charcoal for their cooking needs. Envirofit International is offering them efficient Jikos and the benefits are immense.… read more
ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER-WINTER 2014
I recently returned from the Cookstove Futures Summit, hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in New York, where I was impressed by the response from the international community to commit 4 billion dollars to the clean cookstove sector. This support marks a monumental change in raising the voice for the clean cookstoves movement… read more