Inclusive clean cooking markets are taking root in hard-to-reach urban markets in Uganda

The Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) programme delivers impact through its function as a market enabler, leading to the scaled uptake of clean cooking. Working at the interface of national energy transition strategy, SMEs, local governments and their constituencies, ENACT offers an approach that translates national ambition into coordinated, locally-anchored delivery, unlocking the conditions for clean cooking markets to scale in practice. By strengthening the commercial readiness of SMEs and supporting local governments in creating a more enabling business environment that addresses barriers to scale, ENACT has enabled more than 60,000 people to access clean, modern cooking, with a growing share using eCooking for the first time. 

Beyond these immediate results, the programme is helping to drive the institutional changes needed to sustain and scale this transition over time. Project interventions have contributed to the inclusion of clean cooking as a priority within the country’s draft framework on locally led adaptation finance; supported MEMD to propose a monthly clean cooking awareness day within the Kampala Clean Air Ordinance; and, informed by lessons from the project, contributed to the development of official guidelines for mainstreaming energy within local governments—a strategic priority for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development..