120 Households in Kibaha Now Cook on Clean Biogas

Kibaha sits close enough to Dar es Salaam to feel the city's energy prices, and far enough to be last in line for its infrastructure. For most households here, cooking has always meant charcoal: bought daily, burned indoors, and paid for twice: once in shillings and once in health.

The programme

Working with local ward leaders, Tanzania Kwanza introduced a cylinder-exchange model: households receive a biogas cylinder and a two-burner stove, then swap empty cylinders for full ones at neighbourhood exchange points stocked from our Pwani plant.

There is no pipeline to build and no new habit to learn: the experience mirrors LPG, at a lower price, with gas made from farm waste a short drive away.

What changed

The numbers tell one story: 120 households converted in the first phase, average fuel spending down 60%, and an estimated 18 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent avoided every month once displaced charcoal is accounted for.

The mornings tell another. Less smoke means fewer stinging eyes and coughing children. Faster flames mean earlier breakfasts and more sleep. And every shilling not spent on charcoal stays in a household budget that never had slack in it.

What's next

Phase two extends the exchange network to two neighbouring wards, with a target of 500 households by year end. Demand is not the constraint; production capacity is, and the next digester expansion is already in engineering.