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To address Africa's long-standing energy challenge and build on new opportunities for transforming the cooking sector, the World Bank, under implementation by the Africa Energy Group (AFTEG), has launched the Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES) initiative.
Our Mission
To promote enterprise-based, large-scale dissemination and adoption of clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). By increasing access to modern technologies and cleaner fuels, the initiative seeks to alleviate the adverse health, environment, and socio-economic impacts of traditional cooking practices in SSA.
Our Vision
To scale up clean cooking and fuel technologies through a consultative, integrated, enterprise-based approach to regional development.
Our Origins
Emerging out of the lessons from past experiences and reinforced by comprehensive stakeholder input, ACCES seeks to drive scale through a cohesive and responsive involvement in the sector. The initial development of ACCES was based on a combination of:
- Regional Stakeholder Consultations in East, West and Southern Africa: 130+ stakeholders across 26 countries were consulted to obtain feedback on barriers, and to expansion of the clean cooking sector and new opportunities for greater impact. Stakeholders included governments; the private sector; civil society groups; research and academia; and donors and partners.
- In-depth study of the cooking sector and regional stakeholder consultations to understand the barriers and priorities for intervention to enable sector growth.
- Key analytical work related to household energy and biomass: Household Cookstoves, Environment, Health, and Climate Change: A new look at an old problem, and Wood-Based Biomass Energy Development for Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Approaches.
- World Bank's own operations, comprehensive analytical work and other ongoing Africa Energy operations related to sustainable biomass in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Senegal.
- Experiences from the cookstove sector offering valuable insights taken into account in the development of ACCES.
- Experiences and lessons learned from donor, government, public and private investments in clean cooking solutions.
- Experiences and lessons learned from the Lighting Africa off-grid lighting market-transformation program.
- Challenges and Lessons Learned from past engagements consolidated in the reports: Household Energy Access for Cooking and Heating: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward and Household Cookstoves, Environment, Health, and Climate Change: A New Look at an Old Problem.
In addition, experiences and lessons learned from the study State of the Clean Cooking Sector landscape analysis were taken into account. The study analyzes fuel use and trends, cookstove technologies and penetration, markets and business models; mapping of sector stakeholders and programs; analyzing barriers and recommends targeted intervention approaches to enhance clean cooking technologies. As well as Interviews, consultations, desk research, and surveys.