Made for Impact: Ecobora’s E-Cookers are Bringing Clean Cooking to Schools in Kenya
Electric cooking is changing how schools feed students in Kenya by saving time, cutting costs, reducing air pollution, and preserving forests.
Efficiency for Access is partnering with Kenyan innovators Ecobora to expand access to clean cooking solutions in schools across Kenya. Through the Institutional E-Cooking project, the team is testing how electric cooking can replace biomass fuels in school kitchens and other institutions.
Firewood is the primary cooking fuel in many Kenyan schools, contributing to deforestation, air pollution, health risks, and high costs. But with electricity now reaching around 76% of the country, there is a great opportunity for cleaner, safer, and more efficient cooking.
Ecobora’s award-winning electric cooker is purpose-built for large-scale use. This clean energy innovation features a patented thermal conversion system that enables faster, even cooking, includes a self-cooking function, and supports both solar and electric power for maximum efficiency and flexibility. By eliminating firewood use, it cuts indoor air pollution significantly, reduces cooking cost and effort, and helps to preserve Kenyan forests.
To date, the project has brought electric cooking to nine schools across seven counties in Kenya, helping feed over 12,000 students. These e-cookers are actively in use and consistently show that electric cooking is not only efficient, reliable, and affordable, but also capable of producing delicious meals, including traditional Kenyan dishes.
Watch how the Ecobora team brings this innovative technology to life.