ABSTRACT
Urban and rural populations in developing countries predominantly depend on traditional biomass fuels such as charcoal and firewood for cooking due to lack of affordability and access to modern fuels. The briquette business model aims to tap into this potentially vast market by providing urban and rural populations with affordable and environmentally friendly alternative efficient fuel products. In developing countries, the briquette industry is gaining momentum in certain regions such as in East Africa and Asia. The empirical business cases, which led to this business model, are primarily from East Africa as there is more experience in briquette business in this region. The business models highlight production of briquettes from different waste streams, carbonized or non-carbonized, and distinguish between end users such as households, and commercial and institutional users which have different needs and requirements.
