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KOKO Kenya Clean Cooking Fuel Utility

KOKO Networks runs a bioethanol clean-cooking fuel utility in Kenya, where households use a two-burner bioethanol cooker refilled at automated "KOKOPoint" fuel ATMs. Since its 2019 launch the business has reached more than 1 million households across Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru, backed by a MIGA political-risk guarantee of up to $125 million.

Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, KenyaBioethanol cooking-fuel utility with automated refill pointsnone (MIGA-guaranteed, not registry-certified)
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OperatorKOKO Networks
EcosystemBioethanol cooking-fuel utility with automated refill points
Standardnone (MIGA-guaranteed, not registry-certified)
StatusActive
LocationNairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Kenya
Overview

Inside the project

The project consists of the operation of clean cooking fuel utility businesses in Kenya through the promotion and distribution of bioethanol-based cookstoves and bioethanol cooking fuel to households, per MIGA's project description.

Since its commercial launch in Kenya in 2019, KOKO has implemented about 3,000 KOKOPoints and reached a customer base of more than 1 million households. KOKO's bioethanol supply runs through a supply agreement with Vivo Energy.

1,000,000+ households
Households reached
3,000 KOKOPoints
Fuel refill points
125,000,000 USD
MIGA guarantee (Kenya)

Objectives

  • Distribute bioethanol cookstoves and fuel to households
  • Operate automated KOKOPoint fuel refill points at scale

Approach

  • Households buy a bioethanol cooker and refill fuel at automated KOKOPoint dispensers; MIGA provides a political-risk guarantee for the business, and Vivo Energy supplies bioethanol under a fuel-procurement agreement.

Sources

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  1. miga.org ↗https://www.miga.org/project/koko-clean-cooking-projects

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