KOKO imagines and delivers technology-based solutions that improves lives in the world's fastest-growing cities.
2014 Founded KOKO was founded in 2014 with a focus on developing a household solution to replace dirty biomass-based cooking, which drives deforestation and respiratory disease in low-income tropical nations around the world. |
2017 CONCEPT In 2017, KOKO developed a patented bioethanol-based cooking solution that meets the price, performance and refueling proximity requirements, and that can be deployed rapidly through fuel and retail partners |
2018 PRODUCTION KOKO acquired Saarus Innovations (which would become KOKO Manufacturing) to accelerate the design, market testing and high-volume production of innovative products, such as the KOKO cooker and canister. |
2019 GO-LIVE In 2019, with backing from international equity, debt and carbon financiers, KOKO started commercial sales in Nairobi, and today has grown steadily to reach over a million household customers across Kenya. |
2023 EXPANSION KOKO is now in discussions with several governments, operating partners and financiers regarding expansion into new countries, starting with Rwanda in 2023, with a view to expand across Africa and beyond |
