CookClean Ghana Limited - Accra

CookClean Ghana Limited (CCL) is a social entrepreneurship with a mission to improve social, environmental, and economic conditions for low-income families in Ghana. The company has in line with its mission, locally researched and developed efficient charcoal stoves branded CookMate which significantly reduce woodfuel use (charcoal) and CO2 emission.

The stove has been compared with the traditional coal-pot in carefully conducted “real-life cooking” field tests in a large sample of domestic kitchens in Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions and found to use half as much charcoal. In addition, laboratory tests carried out by Institute of Industrial Research-CSIR showed that the CookMate cooks faster than the Traditional Coal pot and the amount of fuel consumed is half that of the  

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traditional coal pot. Both tests were rigorously conducted and independently showed 50% savings.

The stoves therefore provide multiple benefits to users and families in the form of relief from high fuel costs, reduced exposure to indoor air pollution which leads to major adverse health impacts in the form of respiratory disease, primarily affecting women and children. Furthermore, deforestation, caused by charcoal production, a major environmental problem in Ghana, is tackled due to decreased use of wood fuels and reduced tree felling for charcoal production.