UNIDO and Bakhresa to Promote Clean Cooking Energy for Food Vendors
Azam Bakhresa Group of companies in Dar es Salaam has launched a campaign to bring clean cooking solutions to 10,000 women food vendors across Tanzania. In collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Bakhresa Group aims to distribute cookstoves from UNIDO’s bioethanol cookstove promotion project.
At the launch event, UNIDO National Energy Expert, Victor Akim, highlighted that the project is being implemented in partnership with the Vice President’s Office–Division of Environment, the Ministry of Energy, and UNCDF, with funding from the EU Delegation. The event took place on September 19, 2024, at the Bakhresa Azam offices in Dar es Salaam
At the launch event, Hussein Sufian, Corporate Affairs Director of the Said Salim Bakhresa (SSB) group, announced that the campaign aims to combat climate change. In partnership with the UNIDO and a gas distributor, the initiative will distribute ethanol stoves nationwide, beginning with a donation of 500 stoves in Dar es Salaam.
With nearly 80% of households relying on charcoal and firewood – leading to widespread deforestation – Sufian emphasized the need for affordable alternatives like ethanol. The campaign aligns with the government’s recently launched 10-year National Clean Cooking Energy Strategy, which includes an estimated budget of $1.8 billion dedicated to transitioning to cleaner energy. President Samia Suluhu Hassan highlighted the risks associated with unsafe cooking methods and called for the integration of this strategy into Tanzania’s Vision 2050.
Bakhresa Group is an industrial company based in Tanzania, East Africa. Owned by an entrepreneur and Tanzanian billionaire Said Salim Bakhresa. He owns the Bagamoyo Sugar Factory located in Bugamova District, in the Pwani Region of Tanzania.
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