DODOMA, Feb. 4 -- THE Tanzanian government has called on stakeholders in the financial sector to develop services and financial products that will help expand access to clean cooking energy.

The initiative is aimed at supporting small-scale entrepreneurs in remote and rural areas, as well as innovators developing clean energy technologies.

The call was made by Deputy Minister of Energy, Salome Makamba, who represented the Minister of Energy, Deogratius Ndejembi, during the launch of a clean cooking energy project at Bunge Girls Secondary School in Dodoma.

“Tanzania has made significant progress in the clean cooking energy agenda. The use of clean cooking energy has increased from 6.9 percent in 2021 to 23.2 percent in 2025. ...