by Nigeria Cleancooking | Sep 30, 2018 | News, Partner of the Month
Health Futures Solutions Initiatives is the Partner of the Month of September! In this interview, the Executive Director of Programmes, Dr. Omede Ogu shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organisation Health Futures Solutions Initiatives (HFSI) is a Non-Governmental Organization with a wealth of development experience in Management, Advocacy, Communication, Social Mobilization, Finance and Government Affairs. We provide expertise and specialist skills with the aim of creating value, maximizing growth or improving the business performance of our clients. What does your organization seek to achieve in the Nigeria’s cooking energy market? Our organisation seeks to achieve greater partnership in Nigeria’s cooking energy market as well as ensuring lower operating costs, better processes and proven technology, methodology and approach. We deliver a strategy to meet short-term and long-term goals and building a World-Class organization and sector. Can you tell us about your clean cookstoves and clean cooking activities including your achievements? Our organization chairs the resource mobilization committee of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. We provide an advisory role in strategy development and advocacy. We also participate in concept development. What are your biggest challenges in carrying out your activities in the sector? Our biggest challenge working in the clean cooking sector is the weak state of the sector and the inability to utilize optimally offered advice. More so, the inability to create an effective review mechanisms impact on the activities of HFSI to the sector. What are the benefits of your clean cooking activities to the consumers? Our activities enhance the knowledge of the sector...
by Nigeria Cleancooking | Aug 31, 2018 | News, Partner of the Month
Green Crew Africa Initiative is the Partner of the Month of August! In this interview, the Executive Director, Mr. Umar Surajo Nuhu shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organization Green Crew Africa Initiative is a non-governmental, non-political and non-religious organization, an innovative Youth conservation organization with special skills that provides career Guidance/Counselling on sustainable development. We have Chapters in Nigeria, Niger Republic, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Togo and Mali with proposed chapters in the rest of African countries. We give young people the knowledge and skills to start and manage their own green businesses and to apply entrepreneurial thinking to solving environmental problems. We envision making a real difference in African communities by promoting solutions that are essential to green economy. We currently manufacture and distribute clean cookstoves in rural and urban communities in Jigawa State, Nigeria. What does your organization seek to achieve in Nigeria’s cooking energy market? We manufacture and distribute domestic and institutional clean cookstoves in Nigeria. We also through aggressive awareness and campaign in rural and urban communities provide economic, environmental, and social changes in the energy sectors as well as promote entrepreneurship opportunities in various communities. Can you tell us about your clean cookstoves and clean cooking activities including your achievements? Our organization fabricates Biogas Digester and Efficient woodstove called E-1 Stove which is made of clay and scrap metal materials. Our cookstoves use small amount of firewood and briquettes. Our cookstoves and biogas digester has helped address the issues of climate change and improve the livelihood of rural and urban communities in...
by Nigeria Cleancooking | Jul 31, 2018 | News, Partner of the Month
Zenith Agroethanol Nigeria Ltd is the Partner of the Month of July! In this interview, the Managing Director, Mr. Olaoluwa Bamikole shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organisation Zenith Agroethanol Nigeria Limited was registered in 2006 as an ethanol/bioenergy consulting company in Nigeria for clean and renewable energy development. In 2008, the company was registered in Louisville, Kentucky, USA as biofuels consulting company named Zenith International LLC, USA. The company has over 12 years experience in Africa, Europe, Asia, United States and Canada in the area of biofuels, solid biomass and conversion of agricultural wastes to briquettes for clean cookstoves and all forms of clean energy technologies that mitigate climate change and improve both community environment and health of community/municipal dwellers. We have capabilities in documentation of business plan, feasibility study, marketing of renewable energy technology, clean energy activation and development couple with data gathering and Research & Development. What does your organization seek to achieve in the Nigeria cooking energy market? We seek to ensure a modest ethanol production plant is built in Nigeria to provide and promote ethanol fuel for ethanol cookstoves users in Nigeria. Can you tell us about your clean cooking activities including your achievements? Our recent achievement in Nigeria is the building and commissioning of ethanol plant (Jesmond Valley Company Limited) in Eminpa Village in Edu LGA, Kwara State on the 25th June, 2018. We have been involved in the design and process technology of ethanol plants in Thailand, Guatemala, Capetown, Zambia, etc. What are your biggest challenges in implementing your...
by Nigeria Cleancooking | Jun 30, 2018 | News, Partner of the Month
Khattar Resources is the Partner of the Month of June! In this interview, the Managing Director, Mr. Nkem Ibe shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organisation Khattar Resources is an indigenous company whose primary focus is on consolidated iron works fabrication. Our vision is to bring innovation and to add value on essential commodities and service delivery. The company has over the years designed and produced different ranges of gas burners branded as MAGMA burners and are powered with cooking gas. What does your organization seek to archive in the Nigeria cooking energy market? Our organization seeks to make MAGMA burner’s products available in the market at affordable prices. We encourage local women and stakeholders in the cooking industry to upgrade to gas through advocacy and awareness drive. We also work on expanding the scope of our network and outlets within the major markets nationwide. Can you tell us about your clean cooking activities including your achievements? We design and produce nine (9) different types of gas burner according to market demands and feedback from consumers. We have upgraded our workshop to meet the standards and to scale up daily productions. We were recommended to join the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (NACC) by the Federal Ministry of Environment and we are glad we did. Joining the NACC has offered us the opportunities to attend several stakeholders’ meetings and community advocacy awareness drives. What are your biggest challenges in implementing your clean cooking activities? Funding is one of our major challenges. We desire to make bulk...
by Nigeria Cleancooking | May 31, 2018 | News, Partner of the Month, Uncategorized
Tara Agro Industries Limited is the Partner of the Month of May! In this interview, the Chairman, Chief Engr. Charles Ugwuh shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organisation Tara Agro Industries Limited is an integrated rice processing mill focused on processing paddy stock to finished/polished rice and packaging same as high quality branded rice. The company is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) through the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA). It is one of the five Rice Mills established by the Federal Government in 2009/2012 through the Special Rice Intervention Scheme approved in 2008 aimed at developing high quality milling capacity. The company’s installed capacity is 42,000 tons of Paddy/year. What does your organisation seek to achieve in the Nigeria’s cooking energy market In processing paddy, rice mills generate considerable volumes of rice husk used partly for energy generation for boilers, dryers etc. The residual rice husk is used to produce briquettes which are a viable source of low cost energy for cooking etc. Our Organisation is seeking to promote the use of these rice husk briquettes for cooking in homes at affordable cost. Until now, the rice husk constituted a major environmental hazard and ecosystem challenge. Therefore an effective utilization of the husk is beneficial to all – delivering more healthy, efficient and eco-friendly cooking system for households. Can you tell us about your clean cooking activities including your achievements? Our clean cooking activities are to convert these residual husks into an efficient solid fuel and...
by Nigeria Cleancooking | Apr 30, 2018 | Partner of the Month
National Centre for Energy Efficiency and Conservation (NCEEC) is the Partner of the Month of April! In this interview, the head of the technical unit, Charles Eguma shares their activities in the clean cookstoves sector. Give us a brief introduction about your organisation National Centre for Energy Efficiency and Conservation (NCEEC), is one the six energy research centres established by the Energy Commission Nigeria (ECN). The Centre’s core activity is research and development. This includes: energy audit and energy management, energy research & training, energy efficiency and conservation awareness, product verification, development of standards and codes for energy efficient appliances, renewable energy design and project development, and policy advisory. What does your organization seek to achieve in the Nigeria’s cooking energy market? In Nigeria, cooking is mainly done using the traditional 3-stone stove and other similar inefficient means leading to severe waste of energy and attendant health problems owing to excessive smoke. To reduce the waste and minimize the associated problems, researchers are developing many types of efficient wood-burning and charcoal stoves to replace the inefficient ones. To this end, NCEEC embarked on a project to develop a prototype of the Save-80 clean cook stove in partnership with Atmosfair Gmbh. NCEEC seeks to promote the adoption of clean cook stoves for households in Nigeria. In the medium-long term, NCEEC will carry out the fabrication of adapter rings and pots for the stove, this is geared towards improving the design of the circular steel adapter to enable different pot sizes fit into the stove. NCEEC will also assist in developing business proposals for the distribution of the stoves through micro-finance...
