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Clean cooking is a lifeline for millions living in Africa’s urban informal settlements. The Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) programme, led by ICLEI Africa, is rewriting the narrative for energy access in Kampala (Uganda) and Freetown (Sierra Leone). With groundbreaking interventions, ENACT is not only improving lives but also shaping the future … Continued
Energy 4 Impact and ICLEI Africa co-hosted an insightful webinar on 18th June 2024, exploring the potential of innovative financing and public-private partnerships for advancing clean cooking solutions in urban informal settlements. The webinar brought together clean cooking companies, policymakers, city planners and industry leaders to share their experiences of collaborating through the Enabling African Cities … Continued
There was a time when cooking brought tears to Fatima Bangura’s eyes. It wasn’t necessarily the ingredients that went into the 25-year-old’s culinary creations. Or pride that her popular dish of cassava leaves and beans draws customers back to her food stall in Susan’s Bay, an informal settlement in Sierra Leone’s Freetown. The real culprit? … Continued
Following a call for applications by ICLEI Africa for the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access’ (ENACT) project, implemented in collaboration with Energy 4 Impact – Mercy Corps, a consortium has been appointed to carry out clean cooking interventions in Kisenyi informal settlement (and its surrounding areas) in Kampala, Uganda. The consortium is led … Continued
Assessing scalable solutions in Freetown
The ENACT project organises a capacity-building workshop on clean and modern energy cooking services in Kampala, Uganda
Following a recent call for applications, the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access’ (ENACT) implementing partners ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact, with support from the Freetown City Council (FCC), have awarded just over £100,000 in grants to three energy companies to find feasible clean cooking solutions for Susan’s Bay informal settlement in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The funding for Afrigas, ILEM Africa … Continued
By Kweku Koranteng
In order to improve the level of energy access in Africa’s urban informal settlements, organisations on the ground need specific skills and resources. The lack of these poses a significant setback for developing countries in pursuing the ambitious targets set in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) … Continued
To address the electricity access challenge by 2030 will require an estimated annual investment of about £20.69 billion in electricity and about £1.45 billion in clean cooking solutions. Partnerships and collaboration are key in achieving this, as illustrated in these five success stories from Kenya, South Africa, India, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. For decades, governments in … Continued
