Akinwumi A. Adesina is the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group The sprawling informal settlement of Mukuru on the outskirts of Nairobi holds powerful tales of how an innovative gas energy company is providing clean cooking solutions and restoring dignity to households in the Kenyan capital. Aurelia Aureh, now boasts of smoke-free cooking, following years of using charcoal, which poses a health hazard because of the emission of potent fumes. She uses M-Gas(link is external), for low- income households, which employs a pay-as-you-cook model, allowing them to access the commodity in small amounts. "Before I used to cook outside with charcoal, which was very expensive. I would spend about Ksh50 (about $0.38) on charcoal for any one cooking episode," she said.