Clean Cooking Initiative for Africa

This  activity supported RBF/OBA  approaches  to  promote  enterprise- based,  large-scale dissemination and the adoption of clean cooking solutions in Sub- Saharan  Africa, improving access to sustainable clean energy and biomass use.

The ESMAP-PPIAF-GPOBA  facility, with an ESMAP  block  grant and the AFREA TF financed:

(i) the initial stock-taking, market research and other  upstream  activities  that  would  lead  to the  development  of  a  viable  large-scale  clean cooking  program,  and 

(ii)  the  design  of  the program    in    3-4    pilot    countries.    

Activities included:

•  Two regional workshops among stakeholders to discuss the design of the Clean Cooking Initiative,
• A market research report on 3-5 pilot countries on the biomass energy industry with a focus on market potential, market segments, value proposition and market barriers.

All  workshops and reports were completed and received media coverage in various specialized outlets, including AllAfrica.com.

Since the initiative was launched in Dakar, Senegal, some activities took place in other sub-Saharan African countries:

Uganda-  a partnership supporting a national action plan on clean cooking.

Senegal - the national government and the World Bank to scaled  activities  while  coordinating  with  other  sector stakeholders on  market intelligence, quality assurance and  technical  training.

DRC - the  World  Bank's Forest  Investment  Project  (FIP)  team prepared the project component on production and adoption of improved cook stoves. A number of studies were conducted and publicized, maintaining the dialogue and innovative thinking around the initiative.