One afternoon in the early 1990s, a group of pupils at the primary school I attended performed a drama about the Tsotso (twigs) stove (an improved biomass cookstove) to raise awareness about clean cooking. The message was simple: the open fires or simple metal stoves used for cooking in our villages were harmful and contributing …
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Can African countries make 2024 a turning point in improving access to clean cooking?
Photo credit: International Energy Agency Next week, on 14 May 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) will convene a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This summit will be attended by government officials, most of them from Africa, and invitees from private companies, international organisations and civil society. The …
Blessing Gweshengwe PhD 