Promoting a Thriving Market of Modern Energy Cooking Services in Tanzania

The twenty-four-month country partner project was developed based on the preceding eCook interventions in Dar es Salaam and intended to widen focus of eCook to other areas in Tanzania. eCook implies cooking efficiently with electricity. The project has been implemented in urban and rural areas, covering three regions: Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Kilimanjaro. The project aimed at promoting a thriving market for clean, modern cooking appliances and services by putting into operation business and market chains with actors in the field to pilot the delivery of electric cooking energy appliances to end-users in Tanzania. The project in new areas of Dodoma and Kilimanjaro assessed the market and cooking practices through conducting cooking dairies, choice modelling, focus group discussions, and capacity development. The project supported different actors along the market chains, promoted support services, conducted cooking practices surveys, capacity building to end-users of EPCs, performed lobbying and advocacy to influence the government for improved enabling environment and pilot delivery of more than 2000 modern cooking energy appliances and services in rural and urban settings with entrepreneurs on the market chains. This was possible through the removal of barriers along market chains and undertaking capacity building for EPC repairs and maintenance. All these activities were geared towards the development of the market for efficient modern energy cooking appliances and services in Tanzania.