Seven years ago, Nigeria’s clean cooking industry was both smaller and more male-dominated than today. But that didn’t stop entrepreneur Happy Amos from founding her own cookstove manufacturing company. Since starting Roshan Global Services in 2013, Amos, who is also the Managing Director of the company, has sold over 20,000…

In 2012, Kalinda Magloire founded SWITCH S.A., one of the first woman-led clean cooking companies in Haiti. …

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unusual obstacles for industries around the world. The clean cooking and sustainable energy sectors are no exception. Women entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge, even as many are bearing additional responsibilities. To better understand these challenges, the Clean Cooking Alliance, Sustainable Energy for…

Opening opportunities for gender equality in the transition to sustainable energy As women leaders working to achieve sustainable energy for all, we are calling for gender equality in post-COVID-19 measures to build back better! Women are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. They need modern and affordable energy to…

By: Jessica Borbee As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten peoples’ access to basic necessities like clean cooking energy, Esther Altorfer, Managing Director of East Africa at Sistema.bio, shares insights about how her organization is dealing with the new challenges they face. …

Greenway Appliances is India’s largest manufacturer of biomass cookstoves, which are designed with patented, air regulation technology. Co-founded by Neha Juneja (2019 Alliance Woman Entrepreneur of the Year) and Ankit Mathur in 2011, Greenway has grown from a small start-up to a team of nearly 110 employees across India. …

As COVID-19 spreads around the world, a new survey of companies, investors, donors, and other stakeholders working in the clean cooking sector shows that reliable access to modern cooking energy could be in danger. The survey, conducted April 6–13 by the Clean Cooking Alliance, received more than 300 responses. One…

Circle Gas Limited, a UK holding company, recently acquired proprietary technology and advanced manufacturing capabilities developed by KopaTech, a pioneer in the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) cooking gas market. KopaTech, a previous recipient of technical assistance from the Clean Cooking Alliance (“Alliance”), has been operating in Tanzania since 2014. This new transaction…

ATEC Biodigesters International (“ATEC”) is an Australian social enterprise that produces, sells and distributes the first commercially scalable biodigester in Southeast Asia. …