In a move to enhance clean cooking accessibility in Kenya, TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya has partnered with M-Gas to scale its “pay-as-you-cook” technology that seeks to impact at least 1 million lives annually in Kenya.
Through this collaboration, M-Gas will provide its pay-as-you-cook smart meters installed on TotalEnergies’ LPG cylinders, while TotalEnergies will provide the cooking gas. The smart meter technology enables customers to cook a meal with as little as Sh10 paid via mobile money, addressing the high-cost barrier of purchasing LPG upfront.
Additionally, families benefit from health advantages by switching from traditional cooking methods like charcoal to more affordable and less polluting LPG.
‘’We are very happy to partner with M-Gas in actualizing TotalEnergies’ ambition of developing access to clean cooking in Kenya. Through this shared vision with M-Gas, we aim to have a positive impact in Kenya that will not only impact the environment, people’s health but also reduce gender inequalities, especially time poverty for women. The partnership is also aligned to the vision by the Government of Kenya of increasing LPG penetration and consumption per capita in the country’’ said Mr. Fanchini.
This partnership creates a new clean cooking business model which has the potential to scale across the entire continent and comes at a time when 400,000 households are currently using the M-Gas solution, impacting over 2 million lives today in Kenya.
“Leveraging our proprietary smart meter technology and elaborate last mile infrastructure alongside TotalEnergies’ extensive supply infrastructure, this partnership will expand our reach to a wider previously underserved market, making clean cooking accessible to more families. Together, we will expand LPG usage to meet national targets and driving transformative change that benefits both people and the planet,” said Mr. Kimani.
