About BURN
Company Overview
BURN, a privately held clean-cooking company
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Founded2011
SizeApproximately 3,000 employees globally (source: burnstoves.com)
What They Do
BURN specializes in designing, manufacturing, distributing, and monetizing clean-cooking appliances, focusing on biomass, liquid-fuel, and electric cookstoves (source: burnstoves.com). The company operates as the only vertically integrated modern cookstove manufacturer in sub-Saharan Africa, combining in-house research and development, manufacturing, distribution, after-sales service, and carbon credit issuance under one roof (source: burnstoves.com). Its product portfolio includes the award-winning ECOA induction cooker alongside efficient biomass and liquid-fuel stoves designed to reduce fuel consumption by up to 60% and lower indoor air pollution by 65–100%, targeting low-income and mass-market cooking needs across Africa (source: burnstoves.com). BURN also leverages carbon-finance expertise and digitally monitored usage data for some electric products, positioning itself uniquely in the carbon project development space across the continent (source: burnstoves.com).
Projects & Track Record
BURN launched its first full manufacturing facility in Kenya in 2014, a solar-powered plant with a capacity of 400,000 stoves per month, and is currently on track to produce and sell over 200,000 stoves monthly (source: burnstoves.com). The company has distributed over 6 million biomass, LPG, and electric cooking appliances, reaching more than 27 million people across 12 African countries including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Ghana, DRC, Mozambique, Zambia, and Madagascar (source: burnstoves.com). BURN maintains permanent staff in each market and technical carbon experts at its Nairobi headquarters, supporting its extensive footprint (source: burnstoves.com). Key milestones include generating 9.5 million Gold Standard carbon credits and saving between 16 million and 35.4 million tons of wood, underscoring its environmental impact (source: burnstoves.com). In 2024, BURN launched Africa's first large-scale electric cooking carbon project, rolling out its e-cooking product suite across six countries (source: burnstoves.com).
Recent Developments
In March 2025, BURN was recognized by Fast Company as the #2 Most Innovative Company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, highlighting its leadership in clean-cooking innovation (source: burnstoves.com). By May 2025, several of its carbon projects were on track to receive the Core Carbon Principles Label, marking a first for cookstove carbon initiatives (source: burnstoves.com). In late 2025, BURN announced approval from Gold Standard for a Digital Kitchen Performance Test pilot for biomass stoves, to be implemented in partnership with Climate Solutions dKPT (source: burnstoves.com). The company continues to advance its product and carbon-market offerings with steady updates through 2025 and 2026 (source: linkedin.com).
Working There
BURN recruits for diverse roles across engineering, manufacturing, R&D, carbon project development, sales, field operations, after-sales service, and technical monitoring, primarily based in Nairobi with permanent staff across its African markets (source: linkedin.com). The company emphasizes a mission-driven culture focused on clean cooking, local manufacturing, and gender inclusion, with women comprising approximately half of its workforce (source: burnstoves.com). BURN also maintains a transparent recruitment process, explicitly stating it does not charge fees at any stage (source: linkedin.com).
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