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Ivorian Framers Transforms Waste Into Biogas

• By Ebenezer Albidar Narh
• November 11, 2021
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Waste converters in Ivory Coast are aiding farmers to turn mountains of agricultural by-products into compost for their fields or gas for cooking. The small green "KubeKo" box was dreamt up by Noel N'guessan a chemical engineer to make use of the 30 million tonnes of waste generated by crop production in the West African countries each year and other biowaste such as animal dung.

In July, the invention netted N'guessan an innovation award worth over $33,700 from the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering. The team also produces biodigesters similar metal box-like contraptions that can fuel two hours of cooking on the gas generated from 5 kg of waste per day, while producing litres of liquid compost. This kind of gas production could be a sustainable alternative source of cleaner energy in rural areas in West Africa, according to the 2018 report by the European Commission. Every cubic metre of biogas, a mixture primarily of methane and carbon dioxide, is estimated to replace the equivalent of 5kg of wood or 3kg of coal.


Source: Bonfil Akai