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Update browserBy Jacob Fodio Todd, Gamos Ltd. Recent MECS research has explored the scale of Kenya’s commercial cooking market. Food trolleys are a sizeable, mobile, and…
Read the full article, The Trolley Economy: An Electric Opportunity for Mobile Street Food Vendors in KenyaBy Richard Sieff (Gamos Ltd./MECS), Jacob Fodio-Todd (Gamos Ltd./MECS), and Walter Kipruto (Independent Consultant). Overview Restaurants, eateries and street food vendors are widespread across Kenya.…
Read the full article, Understanding the Scale of the Commercial Cooking Sector in Kenya: A Replicable Methodology for Estimating the Number of Food Businesses NationallyBy Jacob Fodio Todd, Richard Sieff & Nigel Scott An in-depth MECS market estimation exercise identifies at least 35,000 commercial cooking businesses and vendors in…
Read the full article, Prospecting Commercial eCooking: Identifying Scalable Investment OpportunitiesBy Dr Steyn Hoogakker and Cedric Dzelu Ga kenkey, also known as kuomi - meaning ‘bite and swallow’ - is much more than a meal…
Read the full article, Can electricity cook Ghana’s beloved kenkey? Early experiments in Accra challenge assumptions about firewoodBy Aine Pollesel and Jacob Fodio Todd Between September 2025 and January 2026, through technology accelerators, MECS worked with three pre-cook businesses keen to update…
Read the full article, Beyond expectations: what we learned from three Pre-Cook businesses transitioning to eCookingBy Jacob Fodio Todd, Chibuzor Mgbeokwere, Uchenna Prince Obiodu, Richard Sieff Introduction Everybody needs to eat, and increasingly many people choose to or are required…
Read the full article, The Commercial Cooking Sector in Nigeria: Exploring Electric CookingBy Richard Sieff (MECS), Carren Atieno, Kinya Kimanthi, and Sheldon Odhiambo (Kijani Testing Limited), Jacob Fodio Todd (MECS) Introduction Increasingly, many people choose or are…
Read the full article, Beyond Charcoal: Exploring Electric Cooking Opportunities in Uganda's Commercial Food Sector