Dr. Mbaari Kinya, Women in Energy & Environment Technology Enterprises Ltd
Holistic human capital development and skills development
Mama Mboga to Energy Entrepreneur
Women who mostly live in rural areas and informal settlements
In Kenya, each month 1,000 people die from kitchen-related smoke inhalation illness
Mostly affects women with poor education or women who lack resources to further education
Every 20 mins a Kenyan child under 5 dies from kitchen smoke related pneumonia
In 2016, World Economic Forum ranked Kenya as 120/130 and in 2017 Kenya moved up to 78/130, improvement in the national economic development did not impact Mama Mboga
The population of Nairobi is over 4 million, 60% of whom live in informal settlements
KAM CEO recommends the use of Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVET to improve the living conditions of women living in informal settlements
Emphasis on learning the women’s interests either one-on-one or within church setting to determine way forward
In March 2016 World Bank published Kenya Economic Update with the following findings
Informal should not be normal
Majority of Kenyans, especially women and youth, are locked into low productivity wage jobs due to the limited quality jobs
Kinya has established a program with NITA to tackle public health issues by addressing
Business training, mental attitudes, cultural socialization of men and women, mechanical and automotive skills
Jiko (cook stoves) makers that use ethanol and LPG
Increase uptake of LPG gas for cooking and transition away from wood energy to safer environmentally friendly forms of energy for cooking