Electric cooking push now reaches 14m Tanzanians
Tanzania has reached 14 million people with its electric cooking initiative, aimed at transitioning households away from traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood. The government is working with development partners to improve infrastructure, affordability, and policy to support this clean energy shift.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a significant step in improving public health and environmental sustainability in East Africa by reducing reliance on biomass fuels.
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s drive to shift households and institutions towards electric cooking has reached 14 million people, as the government and development partners push to make the technology more affordable, reliable and accessible.
The milestone was announced by the UK-supported Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) eCooking Scale and Support Programme, which has also helped 36 schools adopt electric cooking technologies and trained 460 technicians to support the emerging clean cooking market.
The programme has expanded awareness of electric cooking, improved access to financing and increased the availability of cooking technologies across mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
The progress comes as Tanzania implements its National Clean Cooking Strategy, which seeks to accelerate the transition from traditional cooking fuels such as charcoal and firewood to cleaner alternatives.
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