Why Africa's clean cooking transition is lagging — and what could change that
A look at the technologies, businesses and policies driving the shift to clean, efficient cooking.
Millions of African households still cook over open fires or inefficient stoves, with real consequences for health, deforestation and household budgets.
Clean air starts in the kitchen.
Better stoves, better lives.
A look at the technologies, businesses and policies driving the shift to clean, efficient cooking.
Efficient biomass and charcoal stoves cutting fuel use and household smoke.
Explore stories →Expanding distribution and affordability of bottled gas in urban and peri-urban markets.
Explore stories →Community and household-scale biogas and ethanol systems replacing wood and charcoal.
Explore stories →Pay-as-you-go financing and carbon markets making clean stoves affordable at scale.
Explore stories →
New data shows what's working—and what's not.
Local entrepreneurs are turning clean cooking into a livelihood, not just a health intervention.
A closer look at how carbon markets are reshaping who pays for the transition.
Breaking down the policy changes affecting millions of gas-using households.
Kigali, Rwanda · Forum
View Event →Nairobi, Kenya · Workshop
View Event →Virtual · Webinar
View Event →Accra, Ghana · Summit
View Event →Powering businesses and livelihoods.
Driving the future of mobility.
Equity, inclusion and resource governance.
Building local value and decent jobs.
Financing models moving capital to clean energy.
Resource efficiency and circular systems for clean industry.
Partnerships for a just transition.