Launched by President Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2024, the National Clean Cooking Strategy (2024–2034) represents one of Tanzania’s most aspiring attempts to address a household energy problem.
By
Jacob Mosenda
Senior Journalist with The Citizen
Mwananchi Communications Limitted
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s ambition to move 80 percent of its population to clean cooking energy by 2034 is gathering momentum, but the country’s progress is exposing a deeper challenge, experts say. According to them, achieving the target will require not only more clean-energy technologies, but also a fundamental alignment of policies, institutions, markets and livelihoods.
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