Conference

Africa’s cooking energy transition requires more than simply replacing traditional fuels — it requires the development of integrated, scalable, and locally rooted energy ecosystems. This session explores the emerging concept of “Green Cooking”: modern renewable cooking systems based on sustainable bioenergy pathways including biogas, bioethanol, pellets, wood chips, and other circular biomass solutions.

Bringing together technology developers, project implementers, financiers, policymakers, and carbon market stakeholders, the session will examine how fuels and cooking technologies must be developed in parallel to create viable markets and long-term adoption. Discussions will cover technology pathways, decentralized production models, fuel distribution systems, circular economy opportunities, institutional demand, carbon finance, and the policy frameworks needed to scale green cooking across Africa.

The session aims to position bioenergy not as a transitional solution, but as a strategic pillar of Africa’s renewable energy, agricultural, and circular bioeconomy future.

The planned session structure is as follows:

• Technology Pathways
• Value Chains & Deployment
• Finance, Policy & Scale

Session organised in collaboration with the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) Clean Cooking Working Group