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Update browserBy Lawrence Lin, Gianluca Tonolo, Sarah Wykes. Since 2018, MECS has been demonstrating that the transition to modern electric cooking is realistic, cost-effective and ready…
Read the full article, Accelerating eCooking transitions through effective sub-national planningBy the TaTEDO-SESO Communications Team. In August 2026, TaTEDO-SESO and SESCOM teams carried the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) message from a landmark showcase in…
Read the full article, Accelerating Clean Energy Adoption: A Month of Sparking Changes in TanzaniaBy TaTEDO-SESO. TaTEDO-SESO and SESCOM turn the country's biggest trade platform into a stage for practical clean cooking solutions, strategic partnerships, and consumer confidence. From…
Read the full article, Driving Tanzania's Clean Cooking Transition at the 2026 Dar es Salaam International Trade FairBy Dr Yesmeen Khalifa (MECS programme, Loughborough University) Put thirty-five people in a room and ask what should happen first to scale eCooking, and the…
Read the full article, Workshop exercise: a role-play of a participatory approach to identifying priority actions for scaling eCooking by 2030 and beyondBy TaTEDO-Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO). Reaching households with the information they need to make informed energy choices is not a one-time event; it is…
Read the full article, Transforming Awareness to Adoption: How SESCOM and TaTEDO-SESO are Accelerating Tanzania's Clean Cooking TransitionBy TaTEDO SESO. Tanzania is at a defining inflection point in its clean cooking transition, moving decisively from pilot-scale innovation to nationally coordinated scale-up. At…
Read the full article, From Evidence to Action: How Tanzania's eCooking Transition is Accelerating Toward ScaleBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). Our colleagues, Yesmeen and Matt, wrote a blog last week on how the global energy…
Read the full article, What the price spike reveals about LPG cooking fuel subsidies, the case of IndiaBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). We have numerous webinars, which are dutifully recorded and contain a wealth of insights. This…
Read the full article, Operationalizing Clean Cooking: From Doubt to Scaled RealityBy TaTEDO-SESO. Introduction Tanzania is advancing a pragmatic clean cooking transition that directly aligns with key MECS learning themes: market activation, behaviour change, affordability, and…
Read the full article, Tanzania’s Dual Strategy for Clean Cooking: Practical Lessons for MECS. How Managing Transitional Fuels While Scaling Modern Energy May Accelerate Clean Cooking Adoption.By Jose Luis Ortega Moreno (Loughborough University) and Jacob Fodio Todd (Gamos Ltd.) Introduction Recent and ongoing projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda highlight the…
Read the full article, eCooking and the school feeding landscape in Kenya, Tanzania and UgandaBy Robert Van Buskirk, June 2025 As we continue the work of expanding solar-powered cooking systems across rural Malawi, reflect on the first phase of…
Read the full article, Investing in What Matters: Why Kachione Designs for 10-to-1 Total ReturnsBy Dr Anna Clements (Gamos Ltd.) MECS is delighted to announce that the new Tanzania eCooking Scale and Support Programme is now up and running…
Read the full article, Announcing: the new Tanzania eCooking Scale and Support Programme