TANZANIA HIGHLIGHTS ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN CLEAN COOKING ENERGY AT THE INTERNATIONAL IRENA FORUM – ABU DHABI




📌 Access to clean cooking energy has more than tripled within just four years

📌 Tanzania expresses readiness to collaborate with international financing institutions to reduce the use of unsafe cooking energy, especially in Africa

📌 Uses the IRENA international platform with 171 member states to showcase investment opportunities in clean cooking energy

ABU DHABI, UAE

Tanzania has continued to implement various initiatives to ensure that citizens access clean, safe, and affordable cooking energy by mobilizing financing from the Government, private sector, stakeholders, and international organizations that support the global clean cooking agenda.

Speaking at a side event of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) focusing on financing clean cooking projects, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Engineer Anita Ringia from the Ministry of Energy said Tanzania has continued to allocate and mobilize funds for the implementation of the Clean Cooking Energy Agenda, with visible results in the increased access to clean cooking solutions.

She said access to clean cooking energy increased from 6.9 percent in 2021 to 23.2 percent in 2025, representing more than a threefold increase within just four years.

She added that these achievements are a result of the strong leadership of the Government under the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has made clean cooking energy a national priority and a key pillar of the National Development Vision 2050.

Furthermore, Engineer Ringia said that in the 2025/26 financial year, Tanzania is implementing several initiatives, including the distribution of 200,000 subsidized improved cookstoves, enabling payment for 480 electric cookstoves through electricity bills in collaboration with TANESCO under a pilot project, and the distribution of more than 450,000 subsidized LPG gas cylinders.

She added that the Government has also banned the use of firewood and charcoal in institutions serving more than 100 people per day, a move aimed at promoting clean cooking energy in more than 31,000 public institutions—an investment estimated to require over USD 1 billion—alongside strengthening public awareness campaigns and supporting small and medium enterprises in the sector.

Engineer Ringia further noted that these achievements have been supported by the private sector, through increased investment by local financial institutions, including NMB Bank and CRDB Bank, which have started offering low-interest loans to clean cooking entrepreneurs to expand nationwide distribution networks.

During the meeting, Engineer Ringia also highlighted various investment opportunities, including the development of infrastructure for the reception, storage, and distribution of clean cooking fuels, establishment of local manufacturing plants for cookstoves, equipment, and cylinders, as well as innovative financing models enabling citizens to pay through Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) systems, concessional financing, and electricity bill payments.

On the role of the international community in financing the Clean Cooking Energy Agenda, Engineer Ringia said Tanzania supports the call to strengthen collaboration between governments, the private sector, financial institutions, and development partners to close the clean cooking financing gap, especially in Africa, where nearly one billion people still lack access to clean cooking services.

Other experts, led by Assistant Commissioner for Renewable Energy, Imani Mruma, participated in earlier sessions focusing on policy development, regulation, planning, and investment in renewable energy projects.

During these sessions, Tanzania outlined its efforts to ensure renewable energy makes a significant contribution to the national grid in line with the global sustainable development agenda (SDG 7).

Tanzania reported continued progress in renewable energy, with 68 percent of electricity supplied to the national grid coming from renewable sources, alongside ongoing initiatives including the construction of the 150 MW Kishapu Solar Power Project, which is expected to begin generating 50 MW by February this year.

Other renewable energy sources under development include geothermal projects at Lake Ngozi (70 MW), Songwe (5 MW), Kiejo-Mbaka (60 MW), Natron (60 MW), and Luhoi (5 MW).

Opening the first day of the IRENA Assembly, IRENA Deputy Director-General Gaun Singh urged member states to continue investing in renewable energy projects, noting that the global target is to reach 11,000 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

The IRENA 2026 Assembly is held under the theme:

“Powering Humanity: Renewable Energy for Shared Prosperity.”


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