Alternative charcoal production in Africa

marvelous work

Nice idea bro

This is a very creative idea that happens to be absolutely considerate of our gradually depleting vegetation in most parts of Africa.It does have an embedded central concept of actually reducing poverty among the locals as my research shows growing these herbs is not labor intensive. In general, this idea is certainly practical.

I have been reading some of the ideas here and this is about the best but simple and easy to understand.

This is a very creative idea that happens to be absolutely considerate of our gradually depleting vegetation in most parts of Africa.It does have an embedded central concept of actually reducing poverty among the locals as my research shows growing these herbs is not labor intensive. In general, this idea is certainly practical.

I have been reading some of the ideas here and this is about the best but simple and easy to understand.

This is should one of the major anti deforestation campaign of our time. While saving the planet poverty will be reduced. Hope it goes through and get started off .

Good concept Martin. Go for Gold!!!

Great Martin. Best luck

This is a great project to support protect the environment in African communities

Very relevant topic. All the best to Martin.

Thank you everyone for your comments. They keep me motivated.

@ Emmanuel, I appreciate your words and confidence in this project.

@ Erika, thank you for your continuous support in this project. I appreciate.

This project has massive economic, social and environmental potential. Most Africans, especially in rural communities, use charcoal as the main cooking fuel, this implies that the environmentally friendly alternative proposed in this project has a high probability of adoption making it highly viable once scaled up to national and continental levels respectively.

Secondly, the proposed project exudes great environmental gains. Because of the insatiable demand for normal charcoal, it put enormous pressure on the forest, causing increases in greenhouse emissions, deforestation and desertification. Alternative charcoal, which uses shrub which is easily renewable compared to trees, is a very interesting innovation. It is sustainable and renewable. Finally, , the project has the potential to employ many people, farmers and experts. Based on this potential effects on the economy. I strongly recommend the alternative charcoal project for consideration.

I know Martin personally, and as someone who has technical expertise on thermochemical processing and energy technologies, I have been working with him on some of the energy analysis of his product. I think that it shows great promise! Furthermore, Martin has the right personality for the project. He is hard-working, passionate, and charismatic, and is great at getting people excited about his work! I think there is enormous potential in pursuing this idea!

good

This is a laudable project!!!

The burning of wood for charcoal is on the rise but this can be stopped or decreased if our people can be taught how and encouraged to use Biogas as an alternate source of fuel.
It's also cheap once the plants or equipments are in place.

If I have to support any project that seeks to positively transform the environment and entire communities it sure would be this: alternative charcoal production in Africa. And you have my firm support. Am in love with this project.

A remarkable project. Support the goal to protect our planet earth.

A remarkable project worth supporting

A remarkable project worth supporting

A very innovative and highly relevant concept. A much needed alternative that will provide environmentally friendly sources of energy that will benefit both society on a large scale.

This is fantastic.

This is great.

This is a very laudable ideal. This project if implemented will go a long way in saving mother earth. All the best Martain

Great idea

Good Luck bro

Great project with bright prospects. A potential remedy to the negative effects of deforestation.

Thank you all once again.

@ Rifky, first of all, I also want to thank for your confidence in this project. Thank you for your emphasis on the Oxford Business Group report in relation to our solution.
Regarding your question of figures of cost and expected returns, my answer is YES. We do have a well mapped cost elements (variable and fixed cost plus overhead) in their respective amounts as well as expected revenue or returns.

Our production cost is quite small, involving mostly the variable cost elements (land clearing/ploughing, bedding, seedling/planting, weeding, harvesting, bagging and transport). Some variable costs for example, seedlings, are reducible in year two of operations as the farmers will be able to generate their own seedlings.

Fixed costs identified are mostly site, machinery and a proposed closed system (to contain CO2) if carbonisation of our product will be necessary.

For our planned production upscale of 20 acres, our estimated cost (variable) is GHC 10100 ( 2262.00). For this, our estimated revenue is GHC20,000, (4478.50), estimations based on current local charcoal prices (using the lowest price we can offer of our product) and yield per acre. Revenue is realisable in second year of operations after deductions of fixed cost. (though we hoping to get some of the fixed cost sponsored).
Consultations with agronomists and other agricultural experts indicate that we could obtain more yields per acre with plant modification. In this sense, we will be increasing our revenue while cost may stay same or increase marginally. We also arrived at an impressive ROI.

I hope I have answered your question with this explanations. Details of this and ROI, can be offered when necessary.
Thank you.

This is fantastic.

Well done

Well done. Very inspiring

Very good initiative. Well Done Martin. We really need thid in Africa

First of all i commend you for a well presented problem analysis. Indeed everything your mentioned about our energy needs of the present and future threat in Ghana/Africa, are very true. As emphases, the Oxford Business Group reporting on the New G8 Obama initiative to address food and nutritional needs in developing countries, offers that in Ghana, while the initiative aids multinationals to acquire land for agricultural activities, most of the acquired land is used for the cultivation of biofuel (bamboo, for example), leading to an artificial food shortage as these lands can hardly be used for any agric activity. Given your alternative could be mixed or inter cropped, sounds promising.
As an investor, what am missing in your project however is this: do you have figures on cost and expected returns?
Notwithstanding, your project is laudable and scalable. Well done
I will connect up.

Nice and important project!

Its good project I support you by a vote and a comment

Please help me pass through my project idea thanks

Its good project I support you by a vote and a comment

Please help me pass through my project idea thanks

All the best on this project Martin. This project is really needed fr the world, especially Africa

This Is an excellent project that will preserve the forest reserve. Great job!!

This a great project, and it is worth supporting.

Nice project. I support by vote n comment

Am endorsing this project

Great project if propelled! Don't give up because it can transform society through solutions it carries. I support it by votes and comments.

Global warming has been a challenge facing our world for some time now. This project adds up to efforts made by the international community to curb the problem at hand. I guarantee this project and i hope it will be highly considered to give hope for the future generation, that we can take critical actions to make our world habitable for them and their progeny.

It's an intelligent project with lots of opportunity for the country. Charcoal is a main contributor of pollution in the area. Now a feasible solution is posed against it - that's very welcoming.
Good luck with the project, I hope you can make it happen soon!!

We will always have energy needs but we need to make it cleaner and better to give us a healthier environment. I am excited to see this team implement the project. Let's save our trees and use the shrubs as an alternative to charcoal.

This is a nice project. Wishing you all the best.

Both an intriguing and important project. You get my vote!

Better move n must be supported

Great innitiative

Charcoal production depletes our rich forest reserve. Those who engage in it also mostly do not plant any tree back to replace any trees they cut. This is a great project.

An excellentinitiative that integrates social, economic and environmental needs today. We pray this becomes a success.

I think this project will help preserve our forestry

An excellent initiative that integrates social, economic and environmental needs today. Keep up the outstanding work Martin,we are praying hard this project becomes a success.

In my candid opinion, this is a very prospective project which should be given all the necessary support its needs to make it materialize.

Thank you all once again for your comments:

@ Dielamo, it is really motivating to receive comments such as yours. First of all I appreciate your input.

To begin with as my response, I want to clarify that our focus is not on the issue of lumbering activities in general, rather tree felling for fire wood. We presented both the impact of this and the benefits as you said, and of course they are obvious ones. This project is presented here generally to tell our valued readers and potential investors or sponsors of our existence and possible future engagement at growing together . Since our project is just growing from its pilot stage, I believe the information presented here provides enough inspiration to interested investors or sponsors who, like us, feel the need to approaching this future threatening problem from a different angle other than what exist already. I believe it should be only at this stage you can go in every detail of your activities after affirming a win-win situation to both parties.
Therefore regarding your point of mechanism, of course we are engaging with agronomists regarding production and yield improvement. As protective as we want to be at this stage, yet you will see a video of our activities in few days (no worries, lol).

Of course, we are aware of existing alternatives who are our biggest competitors (NOT RIVALS). There should be no such word as (RIVAL) in an all integrated approach. 'Mr wood' is just one such competitor, but we also mention others like the briquette industry and even solar and we also outlined their respective shortfalls and therefore our solution. Nonetheless, as entrepreneurs, we are simply here not to RIVAL, but introduce simple, but largely practical and effective solutions. Our ultimate goal is that overtime, we can join forces with our competitors in partnership or other means possible in addressing deforestation resulting from tree felling for charcoal whiles progressing in other identified opportunities (see later). From all test results (both locally empirical and ongoing laboratory testing here in Netherland), prove that the core material from our product can be used directly after drying it, can serve as raw material in combination with starch extract for the briquetting industry, its other waste, are useful for the compost manure processing industry. This is an obvious integrated approach considering the other social and economic benefits outlined in this project. What is basically needed now is production and yield improvement (Consultations are ongoing with some professors at Wageningen University in this respect). We mentioned the growth turnover of 5-12 months. I suppose this gives you a clue about mechanism. And of course, capital and other support in order to implement this on a large scale. Should you need more clarity, please don't hesitate, and I will respond to you.
Thank you once again

This project looks promising. I'm interested in seeing it develop further

Lumbering activities without alternatives of replenishing the lumbered trees has left a huge African land barren. You have a project that will help in conserving forest trees. In your project, pardon me to say that much emphasis is been laid on the negative effect of feeling trees and the positive impact the project will beget. So I. think you should talk more on how the shrub will be grown, the mechanism of production and the means at which it will get to the end user. Is it central shrub point and users get access to them or household or communal shrub growth initiative/campaign? Why users go for wood because it is cheap and at times they can get directly from the forest without spending a penny. You have a huge rival from Mr Wood of the forest nation. So for your business to strive better, i suggest u should seek a law to mitigate or abolish the use of wood for cooking in your country or African while you present your alternative. I wish you good luck. Also voted. Cheers!

Brilliant idea! Wish you all the best my friend.

As a young aspiring young tech entrepreneur, I am really thrilled at the imaginative ability of this gentleman. Cudos!

Fantastic idea

Good job

We cannot do without such a great project in Africa as it will help conserve our few remaining forest reserves

It is long overdue that we found an alternative charcoal production in Africa if we want to safe our forest and the climate.
Martin! Thumbs up for this great idea and a timely one of course. This will help Ghana to reduce the cutting of trees for charcoal production and also contribute effectively to mitigation the declining rainfall levels in Ghana (especially in Northern Ghana) where charcoal production is dominant and rainfall patterns declining.
As a climate scientist, I endorse this project because of its potentials to mitigation the effect of climate change both directly and indirectly. Directly by its ability to reduce the number of trees that will be cut for charcoal thereby allowing more trees to sequester carbon in the atmosphere. Indirectly by the business opportunities that this idea will create for the rural communities as an alternative income generating activity. Income from this idea will help them generate money to cope with the already hazards of climate change. Also, the competition for wood to build and charcoal will decrease and since wood that is normally used for construction are matured wood, it means the trees will be allowed to stay on the field for long time to sequester more carbon.
I vote for the idea: Alternative charcoal production in Africa.
Sebastian
MSc. Climate science,
Wageningen Ur.

Thank you all my supporters. I really appreciate your comments.

@Adina, great to have your comment here. I appreciate your words. But as you can read, so much has happened concerning our progress, and am convinced that this platform is just the RIGHT place to help find the RIGHT type of investors for this socially and all integrated start-up.

Thank you all, for your wonderful comments, they keep me going.

We can't wait for such a great project

I've had the pleasure of working with Martin in the 5 month pre-incubation programme where he brought this great idea. He is a hard working entrepreneur, capable of change and growth, and I trust he will make this startup a reality!

What I would encourage him to do further, is to create a solid business plan behind the concepts he is already developing and I am certain that it will bring investors his way, so that this dream can become a reality. People of Ghana simply have to be patient and trust that this project will come to their country soon.

Great project! Keep up the good work!

Great idea

Great project, I work at the same incubator where Martin started up, it's always great to see him so devoted for this!

Inspired by their future plans

An excellent initiative that integrates social, economic and environmental needs today. Keep up the outstanding work Martin!

A wonderful initiative that has real potential to improve living conditions in so many ways. Plz continue with your good work!

Sustainable business must be encouraged, especially in an African terrain where there have been challenges to this practice. Your project gives insights into this discourse . Keep on with the handwork

big bro good work done will always suport you and your project.keep it up.

nice project my brother

This is an excellent initiative! Well done, Martin. I am proud of you. Wishing you success.

This is a fantastic and a sustainable project that has the potential of transforming lives in Africa if it is implemented. It is scientifically viable and environmentally friendly alternative cooking energy that can prevent deforestation in Africa. Great idea.

This project proposal is one of the most brilliant and innovative ideas that I have seen in recent times in Africa. This is certainly a development-oriented project that has the potential of changing lives not only in Africa but all over the world.It particularly offers a unique opportunity to transform the lives of people in rural communities in Africa through the provision of safe, affordable and environmentally friendly cooking energy. It is the best and great idea and I urge everyone to vote massively to support this project.

Good one bro. Keep the fire burning

The recently adopted SDGs focus on transforming our world. This project offers to uniquely and innovatively transform Africa, particularly rural Africa through the provision of clean and affordable cooking energy that is environmentally friendly.

Great idea!

Bravo! ; Fantastic Idea,

this project is what we need today. the level of deforestation of our forest for charcoal is alarming and its accompanying global warming. I therefore support any project targeted at reducing this menace.

This is a great and innovative idea and if implemented it can obviously transform Africa. Just don't give up, you're going to make it!

This is a great and innovative idea and if implemented it can obviously transform Africa. Just don't give up, you're going to make it!

Yes that is true but it must be back by human effort. This is the most reason this project must win this contest so that it can receive the necessary support to materialise

This is a God sent solution to this big problem facing humanity

Woow! This a brilliant idea/project

This project is a superb. It will save our vegetations and also create honorable jobs.

I am really impressed by the project especially the quick maturity growth of the shrub

Good initiative. Thumbs up.

Nice project

It is always inspiring and motivating to know that people share your thinking and objectives. I feel completely glad to read all of your motivating comments. I am grateful for your support and am convinced we will get there together.

Martin

Brilliant idea!

The struggling trees of my country will be so excited to hear such an idea is being pursued.
Absolutely awesome project

Great African ingenuity at work, make us proud by helping us solve our own problems

Yes this idea will inure into jobs. People will be happily engaged in the cultivation of this fast maturing shrub. Am convinced aside the charcoal that will be obtained from these shrubs, their leaves can also be sold for a different purpose.

Poverty poverty poverty. That is the problem itself not the people and their act. The good thing about this project is that aside providing an alternative, the alternative is well structured to provide sustainable jobs .

I think just as commented earlier by some commentators, the major cause of this wicked at is poverty and the lack of alternative. This is exactly the problem this idea tactically intends to solve. I think this gentleman has a good way out, let's back him.

I can't imagine how mankind is constantly making cruel efforts to deprive ourselves of all the good things associated with trees-the fresh air, source of oxygen, windstorm protection, protection of the ozone, homing of terrestrial spieces, etc.

What else does mankind need to know before we spare the life of innocent trees?

Wooow!
What an outstanding innovation. This is actually an idea that should have emerged far back in the 27,18 century. Many of the orphan trees today wouldn't have lost their parents.

This is certainly one of the best means of solving a dominant problem in my in Africa. I trust this pilot project will be extended to my my town,Tegbi.

This is a master piece worth winning this competition.The impact it would make in our society are enormous as in the case of afforestation,employment and high productivity.

Great idea! Worked out masterfully

This is a very noble idea that undoubtedly will help to protect resources for future generations. Right now I shudder to think what the world will be like 20 years from now. Will we still have trees , will we still have natural water, will we still have rocks or its all going to be extinct like dynasaurs. I'm glad there are people like this young man who also share the same passions. I hope this idea will materialise into reality

We should all be deeply concerned about what man is doing to the environment as this young man this project should be supported and encouraged This could be the the break through we need in fighting against the plague of deforestation

This project is one that should be seriously considered and should be supported by all who are really concerned about these on going environmental issues and here's a young man not talking but wanting to do something full stop.

Cutting down trees is obviously not the best but in most instance the people have no other alternative to life except that. Every human has a conscience of good and bad. These charcoal producers really understand the consequences of their action but still do it because that is their only means of livelihood. Producing charcoal in itself is not a crime bad the approach should be environmentally friendly. This idea of producing charcoal through human cultivated shrubs is a great substitute.

Tree cutting for charcoal is a big sign of underdevelopment. Africa must develop its industries and effectively and efficiently utilize its vast deposit of natural resources. Innovative ideas like this are a step in the right direction. Good luck.

Poverty poverty poverty. That exactly the problems . extreme poverty makes victims innovative means of survival not considering the consequences. Give them alternative, I believe that will solve it all.

With little effort we can make a difference. Every single attempt by young entrepreneurs heard towards environmental conservation always excite me. Great.

Great project

Great project

A very laudable idea from an intellingent entrepreneur.Africa is so proud of you and can't wait to enjoy a safer environment.

good job

The story of charcoal production in Ghana is pathetic. Trees are fell indiscrinately. Forests are set ablaze all due to the activities of wood charcoal producers.

What else will work better than providing these people with an alternative?

"Alternative charcoal production in Africa"
#Best conservative idea of the century

Environmental degradation and deforestation is taken over my country. Funny enough, trees are being cut down day in day out as if tree cutting is an Olympic game.

We must stop this act if we must save our future.

In this century when people should be preoccupied with tree planting, we rather engage in tree cutting. Let's push this idea forward for the best.

I think this is one of the best project that can help save our forests,so let support

Nice project

@ Stund Eden: I cannot agree more.

My heart will be broken in tears if this great idea is not pursued. Even if it doesn't win any award in this contest, it must be executed. I trust that a successful execution and implementation of this idea shall add more value to charcoal producers and create jobs as well. Above all, our vegetations shall be set free from these long year of barbaric attacks by man in his quest to earn a living.

I trust in our own ability as African to solve our own problems . There are big brains in Africa that can be very beneficial to the continent yet majority of us still wallow in abject poverty. And the more we allow our people to remain in this poverty, the more social problems we shall have just as this trees felling for charcoal production.

Let's invest in this idea.

Real solutions are hidden in the mind. An absolute 360' mind search is needed to be able to fetch out these solutions to our own problems.

Great thinking Mr. Man

Woow !

Indeed this idea is a master piece that require maximum attention and support. This project must come to reality in order to secure the future of our vegetations.

God bless you idea owner

Pragmatic thinking

Thousands of trees die everyday with just a few being planted.

This project is coming at the right time

Great idea highly realisable.

Someday our world will be a better place to live unlike today.

I am here once again to say thank you to all my supporters. I really appreciate your time and efforts in securing votes for me. The competition is growing even harder, but I am not afraid because I am convinced you will push me even further up. My task then is to make you guys proud for a not wasted time and energy.

Thank you and God bless you all.

Exceptional idea to save our generation from global warming. God bless u.

A wind of charge is coming. I can see it coming. Carried on the shoulders of a mighty thinker.

#save our world martin

Anytime I think about how deplorable our vegetations have become I feel really bad.

I always wish I could do something but thank God this idea is coming from another person.

I love this idea. It is awesome.

Awesome idea for Africa. Smart way of conserving our vegetation. The whole world should rally behind this brother to make this project a reality. I support it.

Excellent

Great and innovative solution to Ghana's deforestation problem. I wish you well
Martin.

Great piece of innovative idea!

This is certainly a project that deserves commendation. The project is timely and could help address the unknown or largely neglected impact of the continual production of charcoal from the ecological system. Specifically, this charcoal alternative proposal has the propensity to salvage the gradually depleting forest in Africa. Preserving nature should be our utmost priority in the 21st century as a long term measure to combat climate change and its negative consequences such as global warming. Undoubtedly, the process leading to charcoal contributes to climate change However, discussions about efforts to curb or reduce human activities that contribute negatively to climate change hardly include perspectives from Africa. It is against this background that I believe this project is fantastic, and timely. It is indeed a laudable project whose positive impacts can be unprecedented when implement.

Nice project

very great for African

This is a very viable project. Should be undertaken

Nice project. Indeed Africa will be saved with this intervention

This will surely save our forest

Nice thinking

Great

@ Joe Bee, Sabi and Roe Kule, just to say thank you for voting and for your words of encouragement. I really appreciate your support and I trust you will continue to support me in various ways. I will do my best with you and others support to go further with this project. God bless you all.

Your project, a saving grace

It takes great minds to change the world. Mr Martin I don't know you personally but am convinced you are full of substance. All the best

Martin Please hurry up with your project before we all die due to climatic effect.

@Fifi, thank you for your great comment. I hope however that we could just keep it around the benefits of this project in order to be more specific, lol. Thank you once again

Thank you greatly Azakasi for your comment. Grateful to everyone voting and commenting.

I will keep voting for such useful project than for NDC and NPP...lol

I filled this project with great interest; once u started reading it was difficult to stop. Indeed, it will reduce significantly the levels of dangerous gasses in our biosphere, protect our medicinal plants, provide cheaper energy, promote our health and address youth unemployment which is the bane of most African states.
I hope to see this project receive the necessary supports globally

This project is very essential and important in improving the quality of life for both the rural and urban communities in Africa. The level of poverty and the role of women and the girl child in providing households with food and nutritional needs can never be overestimated. The level of soil degradation and the impact of climate change on livelihoods in Africa is getting towards a catastrophic state and it takes such initiatives to both better the lives of the people and contribute towards efforts at mitigation and adoption to climate change impacts. I vote for this project

Let me once again show my highest appreciation to all you my supporters. I thank you all for your great comments.

I have known Martin as a course mate of the Healthcare Policy Innovation and Management program at Maastricht University. During my one year contact with him, martin has demonstrated visionary and good leadership abilities. I have no doubts in his ongoing projects as it has every potential to solving a continental problem- deforestation in Africa.

Good job Martin

In fact this is the best way to help curve the problem of our forests. So my brother I wish you well

Great idea brother. You have my full support

Good initiative bro. Keep it up. You have my full support

This project, at it's full realization, is going to do a lot to save our environment. The idea is really laudable and has to be supported.

This is awesome my brother,kudos n I wish u well.

great ....A good alternative to costly petroleum products used for same purpose

Very efficient alternative energy source . It will make a big difference in Africa

Great job Martin. This will greatly help curb our depleting forest reserve.

@ Teddy, thank you so much for your vote and comment. I have visited your link. I will look more in detail about your project and we keep corresponding. Thank you so much

That is a good project. Apart from helping to reduce desertification and climate change, it create jobs to many unemployed youth. I wish u the best

You have my vote! Good work! Here is what we do with charcoal in Kenya http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.co.ke/2011/10/grow-and-make-your-own-charcoal-in-half.html

senior inventor I would love to see this project taking course, Ghana really need preventive measures against deforestation

Martin's project will help confront a multi-faceted problem facing Ghana in a comprehensive and sustainable way.

Charcoal has been a major source of fuel for the larger populace in Ghana. Efforts by successive governments to encourage the use of liquified petroleum gas has been met withstiff resistances from the masses. Frequent felling of trees ostensibly for charcoal use has altered our rain fall pattern. Our forest reserves which used to be taught to our pupil have been taken out of our basic education books because many of such forest reserves are no more in existence. Charcoal users have completely depleted it. Its my hope that this reserch will send a strong signal to governments to ensure policies are put in place to stop the use of charcoal by the indigen

This is a laudable project that needs implementation. Wish you the very best.

this project would be one of the greatest dream towards environmental security and sustainable development, bro keep dreams burning.

Thank you all for your motivating comments. I believe together, we can do this. Keep supporting this project and I will make you proud.

great work bro, keep the fire burning

best idea ever!

This project will make a difference by saving the forest from depleting and contribute a lot to global warming because it our duty to help mother earth survive, Ghana need's projects like this, as well as Africa too, good luck

Hello! Good project! I have voted for you. I kindly requested that you read about my idea too and vote for me via this link https://www.entrepreneurship-campus.org/ideas/4/4345/ .Together we can create a better society.

Good project. Worthy of implementation.

Great idea

Can't wait for its implementation!

That's what we need around here.
Implementation!
Good write Mart.

This project will indeed help save our fast depleting forests.

This project I believe will indeed help save our fast depleting forests.

Highly ingenious and relevant in the African sub-region. Kudos!

Martin's idea of alternative charcoal production is a good thought pattern in line with minds that are set out to saving our environment from degradation. Let's help him champion this vibrant cause

In my opinion this is the most promising project in this competition as both environment and local communities will experience great advantages (but not even one small disadvantage) and also the basic idea has such big potential for this project to become reality!

Good job Martin, let's hope the votes keep coming for this project to climb up in the competition in order for this project the receive the support it absolutely deserves.

This project couldn't have come at such a time. Our vegetation/trees need a saviour and this charcoal alternative by Martin I believe will do the trick.

This is a really interesting and innovative project! I definitely hope it wins!

An excellent project that contributes positively in the following areas:

1. Economic empowerment of people through job creation
2. Saving of our forest from depletion because of three cutting for charcoal
3. Contribution to efforts geared towards reduction of global warming

This is a laudable idea. When implemented, Africa stands to gain a lot from this. It would serve as a business venture, creating jobs and empowering people economically. The forest depletion because of the current three cutting for charcoal would be reduced if not stopped completely. This saves the forest in Africa thereby contribute positively to the efforts being made in controlling global warming.

Very Good project. This project will save lives. I cast my vote to U.

This is a good intervention for deforestation to cease. It will also put money in the pockets of our local farmers so they can cater for their families. There is the angle of job creation as well. Kudos Martin for this social entrepreneurship drive

Great work done and I really love this project

This is highly innovative and pragmatic approach to solve a major challenge in this part of our world. I wish you all the best of luck my brother

Excellent idea Martin! We need more of such in Ghana!

This is scalable idea. More of such projects are needed in order to sustain our environment by reducing Carbon emissions and deforestation.

Great work and wish you all the best. Really love this. Thanks and keep moving forward

It's about time we started the implementation of projects of this kind.
We must not wait till the very little we have left of our forests disappear before alternatives like this become the only way out.
Good one Mart.

Wow well done
Your knowledge is needed to develop mother Ghana

An insightful and one of the more pragmatic and real ideas to an increasingly problematic area of Africa's development.

I pray ur idea make a difference.

Great work. I love your project

This is a good which should be taken with all seriousness.

A much needed and sustainable iniative as it contributes to reducing the varied and long term impacts of charcoal burning. Despite the fact that charcoal burning is for a key purpose, the ramifications are many and varied particularly in climate change and health related. Sustainable alternatives such as these are needed as it remains a key economic activity particularly for women and girls.

I love the idea of sustainability contained within your proposal. And I'll love to suggest that you incorporate a role for the "fireless cooker" as soon as your project kicks off. This would make it even eco-friendlier. Good luck to you!

Thank you Lade and Martin. Grateful to you both.

So proud of you and how far you have come since you first shared this dream. Rooting for you all the way!

i do support you with this project

Thank you so much Charles for your comment. I really appreciate it. I believe with your support and others like you, we will get there. Thank you.

indeed in Ghana,it has been estimated that the forest cover is being lost at a fast rate of 70,000 hecters annually. the number one cuase is charcoal burning. i therefore have no doubt that this project would would help a long way to reduce the artificial desertification of africa and most part of our world,eg,those living in and around the amazon forest and consuming most part of it for fuel at an alarming rate like the situation in Ghana and Africa as a whole.

It feels really great and motivating to read your comments my dear voters. Thank you all so much and I promise to keep updating you all alongside this competition and the entire project. Thank you once again and lets make yet another effort to invite a friend or two to vote and comment. This way we can catch up and close up the vote gab. We are doing great already within two days of asking your cherished votes, I believe we can go far together.

Great idea! You've got my support. I'm looking forward to see the results of the research you're doing on that locally growing shrub.

Congratz!

I think it's worthwhile project with brilliant future!

Martin, good luck with this project!!. Hope you'll achieve making our world healthier.

Both interesting and achievable idea. Well done to the person developing it.

This is a highly innovative and pragmatic solution to a major challenge in our part of the world. I'm highly impressed with the content of the project details. I wish you all the best.

I must say i am so impressed and overwhelmed at the idea of your charcoal business especially looking at the impact. I must confess, the country needs intrinsically motivated young people like to change not just Ghana but Africa as a whole. Great work done and hope to see more of your works in the future.

I'm seriously impressed, this project really stands out!!! I trust that it this a very promising approach because it is future oriented and addresses the current key challenges to health and sustainability. Great job, I am curious and excited to see where this goes at the same time! I wish you well!

Highly sensible and sustainable project . Great mind, great idea

All the best

Martin is a passionate and smart guy and I believe in his abilities as an entrepreneur to make a change in the production of charcoal.

I have found this project particularly inspiring and relevant in African society today. This aims to solve social, environmental and economic issues. As a social entrepreneur, I strongly believe that this problem should be solved as quickly as possible and will allow a better everyday for current and future generations.

Thank you all have voted for me already. There seem to be problem with the link am informed. But we will get there. I appreciate your votes and lets keep pushing for the best by sharing the good news with everyone.
Thank you all.
Martin

This is a very intuitive and simple solution to a very major problem.
I hope that someone helps in implementing this project on a large scale so that we can save lives in Africa.