“…Despite the abundance of natural gas resources in these selected producing countries (Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria and South Africa), about 220 million out of the approximately 313 million population lack access to clean cooking energy (International Energy Agency, 2019;World Bank, 2019). In all, over 70% of the SSA population still rely on traditional energy sources such as fuelwood and charcoal for cooking, thereby generating environmental pollution which causes health problems such as respiratory diseases (Ajayi, 2018;Efobi & Adejumo, 2020;Lokonon, 2020).…”