Programme Overview

Our flagship clean cooking programme promotes modern, efficient, and sustainable cooking solutions including electric pressure cookers (eCooking), improved woodfuel cookstoves, and sustainable charcoal production. The programme addresses health, environmental, and economic challenges associated with traditional cooking methods through community demonstrations, artisan capacity building, and market development.

Key Components

• eCooking Initiative: Distribution and promotion of electric pressure cookers (SESCOM EPC) for both household and institutional use, demonstrated to achieve significant energy cost reductions.
• Improved Cookstoves: Promotion of fuel-efficient improved woodfuel stoves for households, baking entrepreneurs, and institutions including schools and colleges.
• Sustainable Charcoal: Capacity building for charcoal producers on sustainable production methods to reduce deforestation.
• Stove Artisans & Entrepreneurs: Technical and business skills training for stove producers, baking entrepreneurs, and sales agents.
• Awareness & Demonstrations: Village-level and institutional demonstrations of clean cooking appliances across multiple regions.

Impact to Date

Programme Overview

This programme focuses on increasing access to modern renewable energy in off-grid and under-served areas through solar home systems and SESCOM-developed mini-grid infrastructure. TaTEDO-SESO works with communities and private sector partners to deploy, manage, and maintain clean energy systems that power homes, schools, health centres, and productive enterprises.

Key Activities

• Development and management of solar mini-grids for off-grid communities
• Solar home system distribution and after-sales service support
• Electrification of schools and health facilities
• Productive use of renewable energy (solar drying, agro-processing, food vending)
• Training of mini-grid technicians and e-mobility technicians
• Operation and maintenance capacity building for local communities

Achievements

Programme Overview

TaTEDO-SESO's climate programme integrates renewable energy deployment, sustainable forest management, and clean cooking promotion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build community resilience. The programme works at community, national, and international levels through lobbying, advocacy, and networking with partners including MPs and policy-makers to influence climate-relevant energy policies and decision-making.

Programme Elements

• Forest conservation through reduced deforestation via clean cooking adoption
• Sustainable charcoal production value chain development
• Reduction of indoor air pollution through transition to clean cooking appliances
• Climate adaptation strategies for energy-dependent communities
• Policy advocacy and dialogue with parliamentarians and sector ministries
• Engagement with international and regional climate and energy networks (INFORSE)

Programme Overview

This programme empowers communities — particularly women — with knowledge, skills, and financial linkages to adopt and benefit from sustainable energy solutions. TaTEDO-SESO supports social enterprises and women's groups to generate income through energy-based productive activities including solar drying, food vending, baking, shops, kiosks, restaurants, hotels, schools, and colleges.

Key Interventions

• Technical and business skills training for energy entrepreneurs
• Women's group empowerment for productive use of energy technologies
• Support to stove artisans, baking entrepreneurs, and sales agents
• After-sales service networks for energy products and appliances
• Linkage of micro-enterprises and end-users with microfinance and startup grants
• Support to Tanzania Gender and Sustainable Energy Network (TANGSEN)

Results

Programme Overview

TaTEDO-SESO conducts participatory integrated energy assessments, research studies, and policy analysis to generate evidence that informs national and local energy planning. The organization engages stakeholders at national, regional, and international levels to foster supportive policies, investment incentives, and regulatory frameworks for sustainable energy services.

Key Activities

• Participatory integrated sustainable energy assessment and planning in urban and rural areas
• Socio-economic and cultural assessments of targeted end-user communities
• Advocacy for supportive policies, strategies, regulations, and tax incentives
• Dialogue with parliamentarians, decision-makers, and sectoral ministries
• Establishment and support of sector networks: TANGSEN, TAREA, CCAT, SEF, INFORSE
• Resource allocation advocacy and national planning priority engagement