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In this article posted in The Medium, Ayuengineer interviews Sylvia Herzog, Director of The Charcoal Project: An interview with Sylvia Herzog, Director of The Charcoal Project University of California Berkeley professors Melvin Webber and Horst Rittel published a seminal paper in 1973 describing ‘wicked problems’. They theorized that these are complex and challenging issues that defy

COVID-19, Climate and Clean Fuel: Charting a path for Africa’s Inclusive Green Economic Recovery In a previous blog post for the Charcoal Project, Fatin Ibrahim shared her findings from a research project regarding the impacts of Covid-19 on participants in the biomass fuel sector in East Africa. Because these findings were compelling, an overview of

Amin is  a Ghanian entrepreneur who used his school fees to start Zaacoal Energy in Accra, Ghana, and built the largest charcoal factory in Ghana. Zaacoal uses waste from coconut vendors in the Greater Accra municipality to make charcoal briquettes.  These vendors have a big challenge disposing of their waste, at it creates a huge problem

The news about the environment hasn’t been good these last few months and this article in Mongabay by Sam Friedberg may offer a window in what might be in store for other parts of Africa as the impact from the climate crisis turns once fertile lands into dusty fields, leaving rural farmers with no option

(In Mozambique) it now appears like some of the farmers who saw their crops devastated by the cyclone are turning to charcoal-making as a way of generating much-needed income.

This solution may have the perverse effect of exacerbating the deforestation, thus amplifying the impact of the next cyclone.

A recently completed weed-fired power plant in Kenya is set to generate 12MW of electricity while also creating some 2,500 new jobs.