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WOMEN IN ENERGY AWARDS
Using waste
to cook...
and loving it
The idea of using waste to cook
is one that Chebet Lesan finds
fascinating. The founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Bright Green
Renewable Energy Ltd, a Nairobi-
based firm, creates eco-friendly fuel
using recycled urban waste. For her
efforts, she won the Environment
Award.
By Staff Writer
while on a tour of Tanzania with
friends and students from around
the world, under a programme
led by the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. The programme
comprised of a global network
of innovators who design,
develop and disseminate low cost
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She picked up on the idea in 2014
technologies in order to improve
lives of people living in poverty
She picked up on the idea in 2014
while on a tour of Tanzania with
friends and students from around
the world, under a programme
led by the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. The programme
comprised of a global network of
innovators who design, develop
and
disseminate
low
cost
technologies in order to improve
lives of people living in poverty.
Lesan’s team had been tasked
with solving a challenge with the
schools’ curriculum in Tanzania.
While at it, they were hosted by
a family living at the foot of Mt.
Kilimanjaro – a relatively hot and
dry place. Over the duration of her
six-week stay, Chebet noticed that
their hosts were struggling to get
fuel to cook basic meals.
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