Social enterprise that creates livelihood opportunities for women in the cook stove and fuel value chain. It was founded in 2012 in response to the increasing scarcity of firewood and wood charcoal in Uganda, and the need for clean sustainable alternative sources of cooking fuel. The enterprise makes organic charcoal for cooking from agricultural waste as an alternative to wood fuel among households and institutions in urban and peri urban areas in Eastern Uganda.
Betty Ikalany
APPROPRIATE ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Major Achievements
- Works with a network of 52 community-based women entrepreneurs who get support in their marketing and sales;
- Capacity production of 2 tons of briquettes per day and 600 cook stoves per month;
- Advisory board comprising of 7 members and implementing team comprising of 12 members (70% are women);
- Works with worthy partners, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Dlab), Makerere University, Gulu university;
- Won the Women Empowerment Award 2015 (75,000 USD) from Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and won the Scale-up Fellowship from MIT Dlab (20,000 USD);
- Won the Woman Entrepreneur of the year Award 2017 from Clean Cooking Alliance.
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Industry
Renewable Energy
Country
Uganda
Title
CEO
Program
Business for Green Impact Kampala, 2023-2024
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