The eCooking Community of Practice and Clean Cooking Special Interest Group delivered a Learning and Networking Workshop at the Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi on 12 August. The theme was eCooking Market Development, Priorities, Partnerships, and Influence. The Group is supported by partners including Gamos East Africa, MECS, KPLC, Access Coalition, Practical Action, SNV, EnDev, GIZ and CCAK.
The Clean Cooking Special Interest Group, established in 2021 at the request of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP), has worked alongside the Community of Practice to develop the Kenya National Cooking Transition Strategy (KNCTS) 2024-2030 and the Kenya National Electric Cooking Strategy (KNeCS) 2024. These strategies provide Kenya’s roadmap to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030.
The workshop convened stakeholders from government, academia, civil society, private sector, and development partners to review sector progress, identify challenges, and chart priorities for scaling eCooking solutions. It was also an opportunity to launch new initiatives and strengthen collaborations across the sector.
The workshop opened with introductions and welcome remarks from Dr. Faith Odongo Wandera, Director of Renewable Energy at Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, State Department of Energy. And Mr. Martin Mutembei, Project Coordinator Strathmore Energy Research Centre.
Dr. Faith Wandera highlighted Kenya’s commitment to transitioning 1.4 million households to electric cooking by 2030 and the role of partnerships in achieving this. She acknowledged the support of partners including Gamos East Africa, MECS, KPLC, Access Coalition, Practical Action, SNV, EnDev, GIZ and CCAK. CCG Kenya was recognised for the unique role and contribution to the Clean Cooking initiatives in Kenya through in-kind, time and finances in supporting the validations workshops during development of the strategies, developing forums that bring together Inter-ministerial members from various government departments and the time given in coordination of the clean cooking SIG.
Martin Mutembei, Project Coordinator Kenya CCG Network also delivered remarks emphasizing CCG’s role in coordination and knowledge sharing. He shared insights on how co-creation is a powerful tool to use in achieving personal, business and government objects in the clean cooking and broader energy sector. He showcased the other SIGs from the CCG network which include National and County Energy Planning SIG, Low-carbon Transport SIG, Policy Pathways SIG, Climate Entrepreneurship SIG, Climate Land Energy and Waters systems SIG.
He also shared other works delivered by CCG in Kenya and other partner countries in research, policy and capacity building with the government, academia and industry partners.
SEE THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE WORKSHOP here. READ THE COMPLETE WORKSHOP REPORT here.
