Fuelling homes, empowering progress

M-Gas is a last-mile provider of clean cooking fuel homes in Kenya, powered by a modern scalable IoT (Internet of Things) platform. Our Pay-As-You-Cook model uses smart meter technology to make LPG gas affordable and accessible in small daily amounts. We enable consumers to cook affordably with whatever amount of money they have in their pocket.

By eliminating the substantial upfront cost of buying and refilling cylinders, we offer our customers a cooking alternative that is convenient, safe to use, and beneficial for respiratory health and the environment. With a growing countrywide footprint, M-Gas conveniently delivers clean fuel right to our customers’ homes before it runs out.

Our Values

Customer Obsessive

Our focus is to place the customer at the center of all decision-making, ideas, processes and actions, anticipating their needs all the time, in order to exceed their expectations in a personalized way.
Innovative

By encouraging individuals to think outside the box, we can maximize efficiency and create new and innovative solutions for our customers.
Absolute Integrity

Through the commitment to conduct ourselves professionally at all times, we can uphold the reputation and values that we are proud to represent as an organization.
Safety Focused

We have implemented safety goals and initiatives as part of our safety strategy. This includes ongoing safety training for all personnel and rigorous safety protocols for every job site.

Our Mission and Vision

Our Mission is to provide clean cooking solutions to transform lives.

Our Vision is to be the most trusted partner for the households in Kenya.

Our Journey

Our journey began with a simple mission:

To transform the lives of millions of people across Africa through clean cooking.

By creating an industry-leading LPG smart meter, we have pioneered an innovative technology that can be delivered efficiently to the homes of our customers every day. Today, as an industry pioneer, we employ 2,000+ people across Kenya, and provide an affordable pay as you go solution to over 350,000 households, which enables them to cook with clean-cooking fuel at a very low upfront cost.

2023

Nationwide Impact and Continental Vision

As of 2023, we provide services across East Africa, expanding our national footprint to Rift Valley, Eastern, Central and Western Kenya.

As we grow our customer base, our ambition is to build our presence throughout Africa. With the vision to transform millions of more lives in the future, we seek to eradicate barriers to entry for essential clean cooking solutions in African households.
2020

Flagship Depot and Strategic Collaboration

In a pivotal year for the company, M-Gas started to serve consumers for the first time, in Mukuru Kwa Njenga.

We also extended a strategic collaboration with Safaricom, to include technology and infrastructure.
2018

Investment and Expansion by Circle Gas

In 2018, a group of investors with extensive experience in energy, infrastructure and African investments formed what became Circle Gas to find a way to bring clean cooking to Kenyan households at a scale never achieved before.

They brought to life the M-Gas brand as we know it today and began their journey to scale Pay-As-You-Go LPG, expanding access to clean cooking to millions.
Our Origins

From Necessity to Innovation

Our story is built upon the prohibitive cost of accessing clean cooking in East Africa. Seeking to make LPG accessible for all, Sebastian Rodriguez-Sanchez joined forces with a team in Tanzania to solve this.

As a result, they designed one of the world’s first pay-as-you-go LPG smart meters, a technology which underpins the success of our business today.

Sustainability

#1

No Poverty

M-Gas saves money and time for low-income customers. In addition, we create thousands of jobs in the communities we work in.
#3

Good Health and Well-Being

M-Gas contributes to improved air quality, mitigating respiratory problems associated with traditional cooking methods by giving access to affordable clean cooking for low-income communities.
#5

Gender Equality

Gas reduces the use of unhealthy charcoal and kerosene which disproportionately impacts women and children. Use of LPG increases productivity for women (no need for collecting wood and shorter cooking times).
#7

Affordable and Clean Energy

M-Gas by lowering the upfront cost creates access to a clean fuel for low-income communities, while enabling them to cook in small daily amounts using pay-as-you-go model.
#9

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

M-Gas invests in research and innovations in Africa that leads to the creation of innovative smart-meter that enables consumers to access clean cooking through small daily payments.
#11

Sustainable Cities and Communities

M-Gas serves densely populated urban areas that lack basic services and infrastructure, supporting sustainable living for homes and small businesses.
#13

Climate Action

Using LPG replaces charcoal, a fuel which is consuming scarce forestry resources. It reduces CO2 and black carbon emissions.