The products are designed and handcrafted in Kenya by professional Kenyan artisans personally trained by the late great jiko inventor, Dr. Maxwell Kinyanjui. Cookswell Jikos advocates for the sustainable production, management and utilization of wood fuels as one of the many renewable energy resources for East Africa’s cooking needs. The company also does seed balls which are aimed at increasing the forest cover and as thus for every purchase of an item one gets a free packet of seed balls with every product purchased to further the goal of helping people make charcoal a sustainable energy source." Cookswell Jikos advocates for the sustainable production, management and utilization of wood fuels as one of the many renewable energy resources for East Africa’s cooking needs.