Eco-Fuel Africa Limited

Eco-Fuel Africa Limited, Kireka, Uganda.
Eco-fuel Africa Limited is a social enterprise determined to eradicate over dependence on wood-fuel in Sub-Saharan Africa by making organic charcoal for cooking from agricultural waste as an alternative to fuel wood. It was started by local people in June, 2010 as a self-help project. It’s based in Uganda, East Africa.

What we do:

First of all, we make and distribute organic charcoal from agricultural waste as an alternative to wood-fuel. Our organic charcoal is distributed through a network of small-scale retailers mainly made up of poor women and youths previously surviving on cutting down trees. This is creating alternative green jobs for people at the base of the pyramid.

Secondly, we use our proceeds to plant trees in Africa in order to try and replace those already lost. Our target is to plant at least a quarter of a billion trees in Africa by 2020. This will create will make Africa an immense carbon sink.

Thirdly, we make low-cost kilns and solar-powered briquetting machines from locally available materials and help youth and women groups to start small-scale organic charcoal manufacturing plants. We train these rural women and youth groups in briquette making and supply them with the equipment required. We then link them to markets or buy the charcoal from them directly.

Contact:
Eco-Fuel Africa Limited
Head Offices Address:
Kireka D Village, Kiganda Zone,
Kira Town Council, Wakiso District,
Uganda, East Africa.
P.O. Box 34714, Kampala,
Uganda, East Africa.
Phone Numbers:
+256 (0)782 660 631
+256(0)704 660 631
E-mail: info@ecofuelafrica.com
Website: http://www.ecofuelafrica.com