How our partnership with MECS is proving that modern energy cooking can build a climate-smart food enterprise
Millions of Kenyan households still cook over biomass fires . A habit with a heavy cost in health, carbon, and lost opportunity. In partnership with the MECS programme, Nyumbani Greens set out to prove there is a better way.
Together, we implemented the Strengthening Pre-cooked Food Businesses in Kenya project ,scaling the production of pre-cooked African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) using electric cooking technologies, and documenting every outcome along the way.
How the work unfolded
Scoping the model
Together with MECS, Nyumbani Greens defined the scope — scaling AIV production using electric cooking while embedding rigorous data collection from day one.
Deploying electric cooking at commercial scale
Electric technologies replaced biomass systems across our production process — tracking costs, output, emissions, and working conditions throughout.
Generating the evidence base
MECS supported the documentation of operational findings — creating a replicable evidence package for policymakers, investors, and sector actors.
Publishing findings for the sector
Check the full report here:
https://mecs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/NYUMBANI-GREENS-Final-Report.pdf
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