Attending a friend’s wedding ceremony in Nanyuki fuelled Esmond Nduati to venture into making charcoal briquettes-rod of flammable material used for cooking. The briquette has become the most sought ...

A Cross River State-based innovator, Mr Emmanuel Ntiti, is empowering Nigerians to make briquettes out of charcoal dust, solve fuel problem, reduce poverty, unemployment and tackle poor waste ...

Rose Akinyi at her work station in Manyatta slum in Kisumu where she makes briquettes from charcoal dust mixed with cassava porridge (Collins Oduor) When a group of women started using porridge to ...

This story was originally reported by by Isaiah Esipisu. Editing by Sebastien Malo and Laurie Goering for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. When local authorities in eastern Kenya slapped a ban on ...