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Update browserBy Dr Aine Pollesel In 2026, cooks in the Global South have no shortage of eCooking appliances to choose from, with markets saturated by options…
Read the full article, Most and least attractive eCooking appliance features among users in Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and UgandaBy Dr Yesmeen Khalifa (Loughborough University) and Professor Matt Leach (Gamos Ltd.) This blog focuses on how the global energy supply disruptions are exposing the…
Read the full article, How the global energy crisis is reshaping the future of clean cooking transitionsBy Joseph Kariuki, Research Associate, Gamos East Africa In the first part of the blog, we established the rigorous framework required to achieve a rapid,…
Read the full article, 14 Days to Zero Smoke: How We Transitioned Two Schools to Clean Cooking in Record Time (Part 2)Uganda is implementing the largest schools eCooking transition pilot in sub-Saharan Africa to date, and we are seeking an organisation to lead the School Knowledge…
Read the full article, "eCooking Schools Knowledge Management Consultancy" Tender Launched!Background to the Assignment The clean and modern cooking sector is undergoing rapid digitisation as stakeholders respond to growing scrutiny around carbon credit integrity, transparency,…
Read the full article, Terms of Reference: Study on the End-to-End Digital Value Chain of an eCooking Carbon CreditBy Richard Sieff (Gamos Ltd/MECS), Rabin Shrestha (Practical Action Nepal), Krishna Ram Duwal (Practical Action Nepal), Pankaj Panjiyar (Doko Recyclers), Pragya Neupane (Doko Recyclers), Ram…
Read the full article, Integrating Scale and Sustainability: How MECS Studies Combined to Incorporate eWaste Solutions into Nepal’s eCooking TransitionBy Aine Pollesel and Jacob Fodio Todd Between September 2025 and January 2026, through technology accelerators, MECS worked with three pre-cook businesses keen to update…
Read the full article, Beyond expectations: what we learned from three Pre-Cook businesses transitioning to eCookingBy Nigel Scott, Beryl Onjala, Joseph Kariuki, Anna Clements, Will Clements and Jacob Fodio Todd. There has been growing interest and increasing recognition of the…
Read the full article, The School Kitchen and Cooking Study (SKACS) Protocol: Building evidence to support scaling clean cooking in schoolsBy Dr Simon Batchelor (OBE), commenting on work by The Faraday Institution This blog presents and builds on the document ‘Charging Ahead: Battery Ecosystems, Energy…
Read the full article, Batteries in Emerging Economies: From Promise to PracticeOverview Black carbon (BC) is a critical short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) with a disproportionately high near-term warming impact relative to its atmospheric lifetime. While carbon…
Read the full article, Request for Quotation - Advancing the Black Carbon (BC) Add-On Methodology for Clean Cooking ProjectsBy Professor Matt Leach and Malcolm Bricknell (Modern Energy Cooking Services) Black carbon has long sat awkwardly within climate discussions. We know it matters -…
Read the full article, From idea to implementation: advancing the calculation of black carbon emission savings from clean cookingBy Professor Matt Leach, Gamos Ltd. Last week I attended Energy Technology Live, a UK exhibition and conference bringing together the Distributed Energy Show and…
Read the full article, Can Emerging Markets Learn Anything About the Future of Electricity (and Cooking) from Distributed Energy Efforts in the UK?