Tanesco champions clean cooking with subsidised electric stoves
Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Dr Doto Biteko hands over an electric cooking stove to a Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) employee, as part of the campaign to push for increased use of clean cooking energy in the country. PHOTO | COURTESY
The strategy, launched in May 2024 by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, seeks to “lift the firewood burden from women” by encouraging the use of reliable, safe, and efficient energy sources such as gas and electricity