The EU disbursed $1.4M to Tanzania for cleaner cooking, through the CookFund Programme
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"This is not a loan but a grant that you get directly in the name of our country. So, it is good to make sure the end beneficiaries really benefit through this programme by delivering your energy products at a cheap price so that they can get rid of the use of dirty energy.’’
Hon. January Makamba Minister for Energy.
The European Union-funded, UNCDF CookFund programme has issued a grant worth €1.3 million (Sh3.2 billion) to 16 energy enterprises in Tanzania, which will support the delivery of clean cooking solutions that benefit urban and rural residents.
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The firms were selected following their application for funding last September 2022, through the CookFund Programme.
CookFund Programme is a three-year programme implemented by UNCDF, named “Accelerated Market Rollout of Clean Cooking Solutions in Tanzania”. The CookFund is funded by the European Union (EU) under the Integrated Approach to Sustainable Cooking Solution Initiative.
The CookFund provides financial and technical assistance to eligible enterprises and companies to accelerate market roll-out of clean cooking solutions (stoves and fuels) leading to improved social, economic, and environmental conditions. It will finance capital expenditures and/or working capital for building the internal capacity of businesses involved in the production, importation, distribution, wholesale or retail of stoves, fuels, or related products and services.
The awards will cumulatively serve about 191,336 households in their respective areas and create 191 jobs over a period of three years, and a new call for proposals will be launched this month.
The Minister for Energy January Makamba, alongside the EU ambassador Manfredo Fanti and UNCDF's Global LFI Manager & Chief Technical Advisor, Peter Malika, presented the cheque to the programme's beneficiaries.
Read more about UNCDF's CookFund Programme HERE.