Cletus Baalongbuoro: Meet the Ghanaian CEO turning waste into affordable cooking fuel
- Cletus Baalongbuoro is an economist, entrepreneur, and energy specialist
- His company, Ponaa Briquettes, transforms organic waste into affordable cooking fuel
- Baalongbuoro has been celebrated on social media for his contributions toward climate change
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Ghanaian economist, entrepreneur, and energy specialist, Cletus Baalongbuoro, is helping to address a profound climate crisis by transforming organic waste into cooking fuel.
The chief executive officer of Ponaa Briquettes formally called Clean Coal Power makes efficient use of organic waste by recycling it into a smokeless, low-cost alternative charcoal that can be used for cooking, replacing wood burning.
Cletus Baalongbuoro who is an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has been celebrated on social media for his contributions toward addressing climate change.
Source: Instagram
In a post by the US Embassy Ghana, Baalongbuoro was lauded for creating jobs for countless women, educating Ghanaian youth, and reducing household expenses on cooking fuel through his company, Ponaa Briquettes.
''As the founder and CEO of Ponaa Briquettes (formally Clean Coal Power), he makes efficient use of organic waste by recycling it into a smokeless, low-cost alternative charcoal that can be used for cooking, replacing wood burning.
''This process also decreases deforestation in Ghana. Through Ponna Briquettes, Cletus has created jobs for countless women, educated Ghanaian youth, and reduced household expenses on cooking fuel,'' the post read.
Read the full post below.
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported a social media user with the Facebook name, Andrews Nuonibe Larkai, has given an emotional narration about how a woman who had faced neglect has become a lawyer.
In a Facebook post, Larkai recounted that Esther Akua Gyamfi, who made history as Ghana's first-ever International and Comparative Disability Law and Policy lawyer with a disability had faced rounds of rejections from society after she became disabled at the age of two (2).
Recounting now-barrister Esther Akua Gyamfi's emotional journey, Larkai wrote, ''she became paralysed at the age of two (2). Doctors, nurses, friends, and family advised her [mother] to get rid of her because she would have to babysit her for the rest of her life. But in all these, her mother's response was: "everything works together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.''
In other news, scores of Ghanaians have joined in the social media campaign to call for the release of beleaguered actress Rosemond Brown after she was convicted by an Accra Circuit Court.
Akuapem Poloo as she is popularly known is among the three top trending topics on Twitter today, April 15, as Ghanaians including famous faces join forces to call for her freedom.
An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, convicted Akuapem Poloo in a trial for posting a nude photo of herself and her son who had just turned seven (7) years old last year.
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