Kyuka team and partners
Partners & press

Building Uganda's clean cooking future together

Kyuka collaborates with municipalities, waste aggregators, women's cooperatives, researchers and community leaders across Kampala — with featured coverage in PC Tech Magazine, Techparley Africa and Meaningful Business.

PC Tech Magazine
Techparley Africa
Meaningful Business
Clean Cooking Alliance
Kampala Capital City Authority
PC Tech Magazine
Techparley Africa
Meaningful Business
Clean Cooking Alliance
Kampala Capital City Authority
Partner ecosystem

Government, research, networks and community partners

Awards & recognitions

Backed by global climate, energy and youth networks

Kyuka has been recognised by leading climate, energy-transition and youth-leadership programmes — from the Africa Climate Summit and TotalEnergies to UNICEF, IRENA, ClimateLaunchpad (EIT Climate-KIC) and the SET100 Award.

Awards and recognitions: Africa Climate Summit 2023, One Young World × Audi, TotalEnergies, Startup Energy Transition #SET100, Circular Valley, ClimateLaunchpad / EIT Climate-KIC, TechCrunch, UNICEF, IRENA, Youth4Climate, Commonwealth Scholarships, Community Engagement Exchange Program, Global Youth Mobilization, Green Generation Initiative, Startupbootcamp
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Katanga pilot community in Kampala
Why partner with Kyuka

Communities, regulators, partners and investors — together

Kyuka's scale depends on strong partnerships across waste supply, clean cooking distribution, safety validation, research, climate finance and community trust.

We work with you to design pilots, share data, co-fund infrastructure and build local ownership.

Partner types

Six ways organisations work with Kyuka

Municipalities

Reduce unmanaged plastic waste and expand clean cooking access through co-designed waste programmes.

Waste aggregators

Build reliable plastic recovery and structured supply chains, with fair pricing and transparent data.

Women's groups

Create income through collection hubs, LPG ambassador networks and Waste Insure participation.

Research institutions

Advance fuel purification, safety validation and lifecycle analysis through shared datasets.

Climate funds

Finance scale-up, community deployment and monitored carbon outcomes with auditable impact reporting.

Clean cooking distributors

Expand last-mile LPG access, refill networks and customer support across new regions.

Featured collaborations

Trusted by global and local partners

PC Tech Magazine

Press coverage

Techparley Africa

Press coverage

Meaningful Business

#MeetTheMB100 2025

Clean Cooking Alliance

Ecosystem network

Kampala Capital City Authority

City partnership

On the ground

Community partners powering our pilots

Katanga LPG demo, Kampala
Katanga LPG demo, Kampala
Cooperative briefing, Wakiso
Cooperative briefing, Wakiso
Collector onboarding session
Collector onboarding session
Household ambassadors
Household ambassadors
Eco-social inclusive impact: 500K tonnes/year recycling target, 10,000 enrolled from current 2,500, 100,000 homes will cook clean, R&D for fuel safety, piloting new regions, 200K litres LPG produced monthly
Eco-social inclusive impact — pilots, R&D, women-led collection and regional roll-out.
Partner voices

What our partners say about working with Kyuka

"
Kyuka turned a problem we were paying to remove into a steady supply of feedstock for clean energy. Their data discipline made it easy to integrate.

City Waste Operations

Kampala municipal partner

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We've trained over 120 women collectors with Kyuka in 18 months. Income, dignity and safety in one programme.

Women's cooperative lead

Wakiso district

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The SFRET process is one of the most pragmatic plastic-to-fuel implementations we've reviewed in East Africa.

Research partner

Independent fuels lab

Quotes paraphrased from partner interviews, May 2026. Full attribution available on request.

News & insights

Updates from Kyuka's circular clean cooking journey.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Why plastic waste can become a clean cooking opportunity

How Kyuka links waste recovery, household energy access and green jobs in one practical model.

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CLEAN COOKING

Making LPG affordable through Pay-As-You-Cook

Why flexible payments matter for low-income households, vendors and community kitchens.

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SAFETY

Building trust in community clean cooking

How training, compliance and customer support can accelerate responsible LPG adoption.

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