Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions Initiative

PUBLISHEDJune 13 2017

AUTHOR(S)Wang, Xiaoping; Brown, Ray; Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume; O’Mara, Katrina

Together, the World Bank’s Africa Energy Group (AFTEG) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) will work to implement ACCES in close coordination and through a strategic partnership with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (the Alliance), and Sustainable Energy For All (SEFA) to scale-up clean cooking and fuel technologies through a consultative, integrated, enterprise-based approach to regional development.

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