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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>AN engineer in training at TransNamib has designed an outdoors stove for those living in informal settlements or who have no access to electricity.<\/b><\/p>\n

Edward Sheefeni (35), who hails from Omundjalala village in the Anamulenge constituency in the Omusati region, invented the stove in December last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought of this stove in November, then designed it around the same time. I did the fabrication in December 2021 and lit it up on 21 January this year,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Sheefeni says as a child, he was always fixing things around the house.<\/p>\n

Coming from a less privileged background has taught him to do more with less, he says.<\/p>\n

He says spending time at Gorean\u00adgab informal settlement in Windhoek, where most people use firewood and gas for cooking, gave rise to the stove.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought for better energy conservation I should build a stove which retains heat for a long time and requires less wood for cooking, smoking or baking,\u201d Sheefeni says.<\/p>\n

He says he used two 210-litre tanks to make the stove, which improves holding and cooking capacity.<\/p>\n

The stove is easy to assemble and affordable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis stove has removable shelves in case you have something large to cook, smoke or bake. It is constructed with a venting system which allows for the release of any excess heat or smoke. It has two compartments which can close in case of wind or rain,\u201d Sheefeni says.<\/p>\n

The outdoor stove is not up for sale yet, since it is still in its trial phase.<\/p>\n

Sheefeni is working on a second model, which he says would be on sale and is expected to be ready in the middle of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next model would still address the informal settlements’ needs, but would also align with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 and universal climate-change initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would make use of renewable energy for cooking. Also, it would be much smaller to fit inside a house and be mobile,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Before pursuing engineering, Sheefeni says he thought of building a self-running electricity-generation power plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately experts in the field advised me it couldn’t work because there are ‘energy losses’ in the system, according to engineering principles I didn’t understand then,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

This has led Sheefeni to study engineering with the hope of perfecting the power station design one day.<\/p>\n

Sheefeni has spent many years at institutions such as the Namibian Marine and Fisheries Institute, the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre, the Nanjing University of Aeronautics in China, and has obtained a master’s degree in transportation engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.<\/p>\n

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