WHERE

Ghana, West-Africa

WHEN

Nov 2014 - Jan 2015

WHAT

Efficient Cookstove design project

 

During a three-month internship at the Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (education and research institute), as part of my minor in 'International Entrepreneurship and Development' at the Technical University of Delft, I worked on an improved wood fuel cookstove design project. In a team composed by two fellow students and three Ghanaian students, we executed the following activities:

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• Performing a process characterisation on Ga and Fante kenkey (Ghanaian staple dish);

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• Demand assessment of improved wood fuel cook stoves among kenkey makers;

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• Designing and constructing / testing an improved wood fuel cook stove prototype; 

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• Building relations and giving lectures on the Business Canvas Model method.

 

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A more efficient and healthy cookstove prototype was designed, that produces less toxic/polluting smokes and uses less firewood than the alternative cheap cooking devices.