A technology-based company produces and
distributes bioethanol for cooking in Nairobi
neighborhoods
The successful start-up KOKO sells a cheaper and more environmentally friendly fuel than the kerosene or charcoal used to cook in poor households. It provides it at self-service posts located in the same neighborhoods where its users live. Thus, in addition to lowering costs, health damage caused by smoke in homes is prevented: in Kenya, 21,000 people die each year from diseases attributable to indoor air pollution.
