President Julius Maada Bio, along with Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella and other key figures from over 60 nations, have come together at the Clean Cooking Summit in Paris to pledge $4 billion towards providing clean cooking access. This initiative aims to benefit 250 million African women by 2030. Dr Akinwumi Adesina of the African Development Bank, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, PM Jonas Gahr Støre, and IEA’s Executive Director Fatih Birol are leading this important effort to revolutionize clean cooking for nearly one billion Africans, ultimately reducing pollution-related deaths of approximately half a million women and children each year.
President Bio, who is a keynote speaker at the summit, highlights the IEA analysis on clean cooking, emphasizing that 2.3 billion people worldwide still cook using traditional methods like open fires or basic stoves, with 1 in 5 of these individuals residing in Africa. He stresses the need for action, stating that clean cooking is often overlooked in energy access planning and electrification efforts, and that the summit serves as a crucial call to address this issue for the betterment of communities globally.
