Clean Energy, Clean Futures: Yvonne Mose's Survivor-Led Enterprise Transforming Rural Kenya!

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Yvonne Mose is not just building a company—she’s leading a movement. As a Kenyan social entrepreneur, clean energy innovator, and gender justice advocate, she is reshaping rural African communities by tackling waste, energy poverty, and gender-based violence (GBV) in one integrated model.

She is the Founder and CEO of MOMA Renewable Energy and a founding member of the survivor-led organisation FDP (Freedom, Development and Progress), an organisation created by and for GBV survivors to offer both livelihood opportunities and emotional support. This early experience laid the groundwork for her life’s mission: leveraging entrepreneurship for social healing and environmental renewal.

Training the locals about the Moma products

MOMA Renewable Energy: Where Waste Becomes Worth

Founded in 2019, MOMA Renewable Energy is a women-led circular economy enterprise based in Kisli County. It converts food and organic waste into clean, affordable bioethanol cooking fuel, while also producing animal feed and organic fertiliser as valuable byproducts. This zero-waste model does more than provide energy, it creates jobs, especially for women.

Key impacts include:

• Over 80% of production roles are held by women, many of them GBV survivors and household heads.

• In 2025, MOMA partnered with JICA and FDP to pilot a byproduct sales program, training survivors as agents for animal feed.

• Current production reaches 4,000 litres of bioethanol per month, with plans to scale to 10,000 litres monthly by early 2026.

  
  

When asked about the heart of her work, Yvonne explains:

“This isn’t just about clean energy. It’s about restoring agency. When a survivor earns an income from selling fuel or feed, she isn’t just cooking with clean energy—she’s reclaiming her dignity, her choices, her future.”

Yvonne’s visionary approach has drawn significant acclaim. She received the 2025 Entrepreneurship Award at the Africa Queen of Energy Awards for blending clean cooking innovation with women’s empowerment. A pivotal chapter in MOMA’s evolution came through Yvonne’s participation in the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) program and her subsequent travels to Japan. This experience was less about finding a new market and more about acquiring a new operational lens.

Visit in Japan with fellow African Delegates

“Being part of the JICA program and traveling to Japan was a transformative experience,” Yvonne shares. “It elevated me not just as a founder, but as a systems thinker. Engaging with Japanese innovators and witnessing their disciplined, highly efficient implementation methods broadened my perspective on what scalable, community‑centered circular solutions can look like.”

The trip provided more than inspiration; it yielded tangible strategy. Yvonne returned with refined techniques for efficiency, deeper insights into scalable circular models, and the beginnings of international partnerships. This global perspective helped systematise MOMA’s local impact, proving that principles of precision and long-term thinking could accelerate a mission-driven enterprise in Kenya.

The Next Chapter

Yvonne is now spearheading the launch of the Nusura Alliance, a nonprofit, survivor-led platform focused on economic empowerment and collective healing. Nusura will develop income-generating programs, including product distribution and foster peer support networks for survivors across Kenya. Reflecting on this new venture, Yvonne shares:

“With Nusura, we’re creating a space led by those who understand the journey best—survivors themselves. It’s about moving beyond ‘helping’ to enabling true leadership. Healing happens in community, and prosperity is shared.”

This step aligns with her broader belief that entrepreneurship can restore dignity, economic power, and community leadership for women often sidelined by society. Her work lives at the crossroads of circular economy, climate innovation, and social justice. Through MOMA and Nusura, she demonstrates that scalable clean energy solutions can emerge from rural Africa and that when survivors lead, change is both transformative and sustainable.

The SESA Blueprint: Building Legacies with Intention

Yvonne isn’t just running a business she’s architecting a legacy that lifts women and protects the planet. She is the exact kind of founder story we stand behind at SESA Academy.

Her success is built on the same pillars we teach:

• Purpose as Strategy – Using your “why” as a roadmap.

• Systems Thinking – Connecting social impact with smart operations.

• Operational Excellence – Learning globally (like in Japan) to build efficiently and scale.

• Investment-Ready Impact – Creating a business that appeals to investors because the numbers and the mission are strong.

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