Description
Project Name: Man&Man Ghana
Project Owner: Man&Man
Standard: Gold Standard
Project ID: 1385
In Ghana, where deforestation and charcoal consumption threaten both the environment and household well-being, Man & Man Enterprise (M&M) is sparking a revolution. Founded in 2007 by visionary social entrepreneur Michael Yaw Agyei, M&M’s mission is to slash woodfuel use, curb deforestation, and reduce CO2 emissions by distributing high-efficiency cookstoves to vulnerable households. With over 330,000 cookstoves installed, impacting more than 1 million beneficiaries, M&M is cooking up a brighter, greener future for Ghana.
Traditional cooking methods in Ghana rely on inefficient charcoal stoves that devour scarce wood resources and release toxic smoke, contributing to deforestation and serious health issues like respiratory diseases. M&M’s improved cookstoves halve fuelwood consumption, saving time, money, and natural resources while producing far less harmful smoke. This transformation enhances well-being, particularly for women and children, creating safer, healthier homes and empowering families to thrive.
M&M’s impact goes beyond the kitchen. By reducing household spending on charcoal, these cookstoves free up budgets for education, nutrition, and other essentials, uplifting over 150,000 families. Locally manufactured in Kumasi, the program’s factory employs 175 staff (technicians, marketing and distribution) and produces up to 30,000 stoves per month. Through training and capacity development, M&M is fostering skills and economic opportunity across Ghana.
M&M is a powerhouse in sustainability, running four carbon programs that achieve an impressive 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions reduction annually. By replacing wasteful stoves with efficient models, the program slows deforestation—a major issue across Africa—and aligns with global climate goals. Every cookstove installed is a step toward preserving Ghana’s forests and building a cleaner, more sustainable planet.
Impact
93% of households use wood fuel for their energy requirements.
The project reduces expenses from wood fuel purchase so it will improve households’ financial capacity to better provide to other basic needs.
In 2018 alone, Ghana lost over half of it’s rainforest.
The project which reduces wood fuel consumption will reduce this destruction.
Traditional stoves (open fire three stone) makes difficult to control the fire and increases the risks of fires hazard.
The new stoves reduces all of these risks with a new design making it more user friendly and safe to use.
Traditional stoves produces harmful smokes.
The project reduces indoor air pollution and so the risk of respiratory diseases.
CSR Action
Man & Man distributes stoves at subsidized price for women above 50 in their community and they plan to build a mechanize borehole in order to have a good drinking water.
Man & Man built houses for the workers and provide them with free health care.
Man & Man is training the unemployed youth in their community which has help them reduce the unemployment rate and have tremendously increase their production volumes.
