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Update browserBy Dr Yesmeen Khalifa and Malcolm Bricknell (Modern Energy Cooking Services) The MECS programme has developed a framework and guidance resources to assess gender equality…
Read the full article, Evaluating Gender and Social Impacts from Transitions to Modern Energy CookingBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). This is the second blog in a short series examining the challenge of upfront costs…
Read the full article, Upfront cost, credit and risk: who carries the risk when households borrow?By Joseph Kariuki, Research Associate, Gamos East Africa Modern clean cooking technologies hold immense promise for solving a long-standing challenge in Kenya, where majority of…
Read the full article, Lessons from Transitioning Schools to Electric Cooking: Behavioral ChangeBy Joss Spencer, September 2025 One of the major barriers to the adoption of electric cooking (eCooking) is the lack of awareness of its benefits…
Read the full article, Assessing gender equality, equity and social inclusion in Tanzania’s eCooking awareness campaign and supply chainBy Jacob Fodio Todd (Gamos Ltd.). African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) fall into a camp of foods that have been poorly recorded and researched in modern…
Read the full article, Revitalising African Leafy Vegetables: using modern energy to cook traditional foods with Nyumbani GreensBy Richard Sieff and Nigel Scott (Gamos Ltd.) Introduction In a previous MECS blog, ‘Not all induction cookware is created equal’ , Nigel Scott highlighted…
Read the full article, Non-Technical Guidelines for Assessing the Quality of Induction CookwareHow MECS and FixChap are powering Tanzania’s clean cooking future By Kai Mollel and Prince Tillya, FixChap, Tanzania At a small workshop inside the Dar…
Read the full article, Empowering Fundis (Technicians) For The eCooking Transition In TanzaniaBy Peter M. Mwesiga, University of Sussex, and Xantum Consulting Ltd. List of key contributors: Professor Matthew Leach, Dr Samir Thapa, and Dr Yesmeen Khalifa,…
Read the full article, Powering Change: Unlocking Climate Finance to Scale eCooking for Refugee and Informal Communities in Kampala, UgandaBy Charles Barnabas (Prime Expertise Ltd.), Anna Clements (Gamos Ltd.) and Jane Spencer (Loughborough University). For years, TANESCO has been at the heart of powering…
Read the full article, TANESCO launches an eCooking appliance lending programme for its staffBy Charles Barnabas (Prime Expertise Ltd.) and Anna Clements (Gamos Ltd.). In today’s cooking energy transition landscape, it is well known that the affordability of…
Read the full article, Learnings from the road: Do people in Tanzania think they can afford the upfront cost of eCooking?By Charles Barnabas (Prime Expertise Ltd.), Anna Clements (Gamos Ltd.), and Jane Spencer (Loughborough University). TANESCO officially launched the “Konekt Umeme, Pika kwa Umeme” (“Connect Electricity,…
Read the full article, Tanzania’s TANESCO launch on-bill financing for new customer connections to acquire eCooking appliances: a milestone for the sectorBy Dr Helen Osiolo, Dr Simon Batchelor (OBE) , and Professor Ed Brown “Powering the Future: Clean Cooking, Electrification, and Utility Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa” …
Read the full article, Powering the Future: Exploring Mission 300 Phase 1