UN capital fund, EU in 9bn/- grant for clean cooking kits

21Nov 2023
Carlos Banda
DAR ES SALAAM
News
The Guardian
UN capital fund, EU in 9bn/- grant for clean cooking kits

THE United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the European Union (EU) have provided 9bn/- in grants to the Energy ministry for 44 enterprises engaged in the cook fund programme to boost the uptake of clean cooking technologies.

Deputy Minister for Energy, Judith Kapinga (3rd Right), hands over a dummy cheque worth TZS 124 million to Duka la Mama company. The company is among the grantees of the TZS 9 billion in grants awarded to 44 enterprises engaged in the CookFund programme to boost the uptake of clean cooking technologies. Second left is UNCDF Program Manager, Immanuel Muro, EU Head of Delegation, Cedric Merel (2nd Left), and Styden Rwebangila, Assistant Commissioner for Electricity Development from the Ministry of Energy (Left).

Judith Kapinga, the deputy minister, said at the cheque handing ceremony over the weekend in Dar es Salaam that the cook fund programme is meant to accelerate adoption of clean cooking solutions by supporting entrepreneurs in the clean energy sector, to widen familiarisation.

 

The programme focuses on Dar es Salaam, Coast, Morogoro, Dodoma and Mwanza regions as a pilot phase, with other regions lined up for a new phase in future, she stated.

 

The cheques were handed to enterprises that were fully approved for the grant, expected to serve new beneficiaries in their respective areas over the next three years, she stated.

 

 “With this support we are going to reach 503,119 new beneficiaries in their respective areas and create 748 direct and indirect jobs,” she asserted, hailing the successful applicants set to implement the programme.

 

Cedric Merel, the EU head of delegation, said the project will enable a visible contribution to private sector investments in clean cooking energy, in view of rapid urbanisation locally and globally, where solutions for clean cooking are urgently on demand. 

 

The new grantees join 16 initial recipients, with UNDF acting as the fund managers and primary program implementer, offering on-going support to grant recipients.

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