Who we are

Established in 2019, The African Stove Company Ltd. (TASC) is one of the world’s leading carbon project developers specialising in identifying, financing, and developing commercially viable carbon projects that meet the global demand for carbon credits and deliver meaningful, positive impact for the communities where we work. We are a highly skilled team of academics and carbon market professionals, with decades of experience in the carbon market, who are backed by a network of willing funders which enables us to implement projects at scale that adhere to the highest standards of quality, transparency and integrity.

TASC was initially established to address the problem of open fire cooking, one of the most persistent inequalities affecting over a billion people in Africa. As the main source of household air pollution, it causes over 4 million premature deaths from respiratory diseases each year. But it’s a problem which shouldn’t exist. Through improved cookstoves, we already have the technology to solve it. Through carbon finance, we also have the mechanism to distribute this technology, at scale, to the communities most in need.

Today, TASC operates worldwide with projects currently being implemented in five countries, including South Africa (where we are the country’s largest carbon project developer), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Australia and a substantial pipeline of projects under development elsewhere.

Our expertise now extends far beyond efficient cookstoves. An intimate knowledge of the carbon market means that we can act quickly to develop projects at scale that meet the demand for high-volume, high-quality carbon credits using approved methodologies best suited to the environment and its communities. In South Africa, for example, we are developing a grassland restoration project with local herding communities, the first of its kind to be registered using Verra’s new VM0042 methodology, covering 415 569 ha of communal land and 180 000 ha of private farmland under management. In Uganda, we have implemented a project to improve safe water systems through the distribution of 30 000 ceramic water filters. In Australia, we are delivering landscape restoration and regeneration projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund and building a pipeline of agricultural soil carbon projects.

To date, we have distributed over 1.2 million devices (cookstoves and water filters) to local communities and issued over 8 million carbon credits, each equivalent to a tonne of CO2 mitigated. Our pipeline is forecast to issue over 20 million credits by 2030.

With an unwavering commitment to innovation, sustainability, and human empowerment, TASC is committed to driving forward the carbon market, catalysing a future where clean energy, environmental stewardship, and equitable development converge to create a better world for all.

TASC endeavours to provide its customers with durable, best-in-class products that have been developed using systems of continuous research, refinement and, quality control. We choose suppliers based on their outstanding performance and ability to deliver, as well as their commitment to providing exceptional customer service and aftercare.

 We work with implementation partners who have strong relationships with the communities they serve, and who deeply understand and respect the traditional customs and structures of those communities. TASC carefully selects partners with a robust local infrastructure who are dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of local communities, prioritize transparency and operate with integrity.

KRUGER TO CANYONS BIOSPHERE: K2C is a non-profit company which implements a range of conservation and sustainable development projects in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere region of South Africa.

MOGOLAKWENA TRAINING CENTRE: was established to develop sustainable solutions to the land reform and community agriculture challenges facing rural communities, in collaboration with government and industry.

Healing Hooves offers training workshops on regenerative grazing planning and land management as well as Eco-literacy and Drought Management. It also provides continued mentorship to assist with the implementation of regenerative land management principles.