Africa

Dread & Works Enterprises, Improved Cookstove Producers, Lusaka, Zambia

21 April 2006 - 9:56am

Dread & Works Enterprises Improved Cookstove Producers
Chewe Lazarus, Lusaka, Zambia April 2006
Dread & Works Enterprises, Chewe Lazarus, Biomass Cookstoves Producer, Lusaka, Zambia April 2006

Mayon Turbo Stove: Gambia Case Study

20 April 2006 - 1:25pm

Samson

Roger Samson, REAP-Canada, April 2006

In the Gambia, wood is used for cooking, construction, and local tool production. There is often more need for wood, than the number of local trees can support.

REAP-Canada developed the Mayon Turbo Stove to help reduce people's dependency on wood as a source of fuel for cooking meals. This stove was developed by REAP in cooperation with the local people of the Gambia, and it burns well with selective crop residues. millet husks, peanut shells, corn cob pieces, small pieces of grass and rice hull. This allows the women of the Gambia to forage for fuel close to home, relieves a burdon on families that would otherwise be paying for fuelwood. For more information, see the REAP-Canada web site: Mayon Turbo Stove: Gambia Case Study

Ghana Household Energy Project

17 April 2006 - 8:25pm

Ghana Household Energy Project
Enterprise Works/VITA 2002-2005

Ghana

Gyapa

Charcoal

Benin Household Energy Project

17 April 2006 - 8:14pm

Benin Household Energy Project
Enterprise Works/VITA 2001-2005

Benin

Nansu

Ten top tips for successful scaling up

16 April 2006 - 12:14pm

Brewis

Ten top tips for successful scaling up
Alan Brewis, Enterprise Works 2005

Practical Action Boilng Point Issue 50 2005

Please read the whole article for the details. Every tips has great detail that will save you hours of work.

The premise: in creating a successful stoves scale up - you need to create a supply chain of successful stoves manufacturers and retail businesses, as well as people who will be able to maintain and fix the stoves (even when they are imported from elsewhere).

the tips:

Don't tell the customer that you are from an NGO
Know your customers and their habits
Copy good ideas from the private sector - e.g. manufacturing, branding and marketing tips
Give the stove status and style
Balance demand creation with supply
Pay attention to quality control
Treat your retailers well
Pay your sales agents on a commission basis
Beware of projects bearing your stoves as gifts. This undercuts your hardworking retail outlets
Use your stove on a regular basis, using your stove to cook on will help you educate your customers and improve your stoves

PCIA Stove Training in Mauritania

16 April 2006 - 10:27am

Serrar

PCIA Stove Training in Mauritania
Mouhsine Serrar, Sunsmiles January 2006

Peace Corp / NEDWA, EPA, Aprovecho

Mauritania

Indoor Air Pollution Reduction in Nigeria

16 April 2006 - 10:05am

Obueh

Indoor Air Pollution Reduction in Nigeria
Joe Obueh, Centre for Household Energy and Environment, Nigeria January 2006

Nigeria

Darfur Humanitarian Stove Project Assessment Report

16 April 2006 - 9:53am

Langol

Wolf

Darfur Humanitarian Stove Project Assessment Report
Daniel Wolf and Mathew Langol
Aprovecho Research Centre and International Lifeline Fund January 2006

Darfur

Sudan

Testing of the CleanCook Stove in Refugee Camps in Ethiopia

16 April 2006 - 9:31am

Esayas

Testing of the CleanCook Stove in Refugee Camps in Ethiopia
Melat Esayas, Gaia Association January 2006

Ethiopia

Alcohol Stove

Rescooking.co.za - Solar Cookers South Africa

15 April 2006 - 7:44pm

Rescooking.co.za is a site for Radical Energy Saving cooking appliances. According to GTZ-HERA more than 4000 solar cookers were sold in South Afrrica over a three year period.

Rescooking also sells the Hotbag brand of retained heat cookers and Vesto high efficiency stoves. Saldos - Entrega gratuita