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KOKO Rwanda Clean Cooking Fuel Utility

KOKO Networks operates a bioethanol clean-cooking fuel utility in Rwanda, centred on Kigali. The government partnered with KOKO in 2022 to launch a national renewable cooking-fuel utility, backed by a MIGA guarantee of up to $10 million.

Kigali, RwandaBioethanol cooking-fuel utility with automated refill pointsnone
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This is a landscape shot, took from nyamirambo, with the mount kigali, kabusunzu, nyabugogo and downtown as the view Geographic context.Location context · IsimbiP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2020 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorKOKO Networks
EcosystemBioethanol cooking-fuel utility with automated refill points
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StatusActive
LocationKigali, Rwanda
Overview

Inside the project

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

For the procurement of bioethanol, KOKO Rwanda has a supply agreement with Vivo Energy, a fuel provider operating across Africa.

10,000,000 USD
MIGA guarantee (Rwanda)

Objectives

  • Launch a national renewable cooking-fuel utility centred on Kigali
  • Distribute bioethanol cookstoves and fuel to households

Approach

  • Households buy a bioethanol cooker and refill fuel at automated KOKOPoint dispensers; MIGA provides a political-risk guarantee, 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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