Africa’s clean-cooking transition is gaining momentum as governments and companies look for ways to reduce reliance on wood and charcoal, fuels still used by close to one billion people across the continent.
Africanews reports that household air pollution linked to traditional cooking contributes to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year. Cleaner alternatives include improved biomass stoves, liquefied petroleum gas and electric induction cooking, while carbon finance is increasingly being used to reduce the upfront cost of equipment.
Clean-cooking company BURN says it has distributed more than 7.3 million stoves in 11 countries. Governments and development partners have also announced new funding and policies, though affordability, electricity access and reliable fuel supply remain major challenges.
Source: Africanews
