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Clean Cooking Solutions and Household Energy Access

Millions of African households still cook with wood and charcoal, causing severe health, gender and deforestation impacts. This programme examines clean cooking technologies, delivery models and financing that expand access to cleaner fuels and efficient stoves. Delegates learn how to design and manage clean cooking programmes that achieve real adoption and lasting behaviour change.

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What you will be able to do

  • Assess the health, environmental and social impacts of traditional cooking practices.
  • Compare clean cooking technologies from improved biomass stoves to LPG and electric options.
  • Design distribution and financing models that make clean cooking affordable to households.
  • Apply behaviour change approaches that drive sustained adoption of cleaner solutions.
  • Measure programme results using recognised clean cooking indicators.
  • Link clean cooking programmes to carbon finance and development funding sources.

Course outline

  1. 01The Clean Cooking Challenge in Africa
  2. 02Cooking Technologies and Fuels
  3. 03Distribution and Delivery Models
  4. 04Consumer Finance and Affordability
  5. 05Behaviour Change and Adoption
  6. 06Monitoring and Impact Measurement
  7. 07Carbon and Development Finance
  8. 08Designing a Clean Cooking Programme

Who should attend

This course is aimed at energy access practitioners, development programme managers, social enterprise leaders and NGO staff working on household energy.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Durban2R10,000Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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