Smoke from open fires and traditional cook stoves fires have been a silent killer in developing countries for a very long time. There are important signs that the sector is a tipping point strategy to develop a thriving market for clean cook stoves and fuels. More training is needed to maximize these opportunities and transform the sector (Hamilton & Akbar, 2010). The use of modern cook stoves is considered a luxury in the developing world. Nearly three billion people across the developing world still cook their food the way it has been for thousands of years-over open flame or crude cook stoves. These stoves use solid fuels like wood, coal crop residues and animal dung. In sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the lack of access to clean cooking fuels, is the reason why the vast majority of the rural poor use these solid fuels to cook over open fires or inefficient cook stoves (Legros & Organization, 2009). In many African countries especially in the rural areas the rate of usage is 80% to 90% .The Energy agency estimates that by 2030, one hundred million more people will use traditional biomass fuels than do so today. Even where there is access to electricity or LPG gas, primarily in urban areas, the use of solid fuels for cooking persists due to cost and cultural factors (Birol, 2010).

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