Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa

The IEA is convening global leaders for a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa to make 2024 a turning point for progress on ensuring clean cooking access for all.

Today, nearly four in five Africans still cook their meals over open fires and traditional stoves, using wood, charcoal, animal dung, and other polluting fuels. This has dire impacts on health, gender equality and the environment, with women and children bearing the worst consequences. 

The IEA was the first international agency to start tracking energy access more than two decades ago and has been a steadfast voice advocating for clean cooking access ever since.

The Summit will be co-chaired by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Prime Minister of Norway H.E. Jonas Gahr Støre, the President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina and the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Dr. Fatih Birol.

It will be held on 14 May 2024 at UNESCO in Paris.

Solving this issue requires a historic commitment, which would be among the most consequential investments in Africa’s and the world’s future.

Attendance at this event is by invitation only.

Participants

Government

• Julius Maada Bio, President, Sierra Leone
• Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister, Uganda
• Brendan Pearson, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD, Australia
• Mukhtar Babayev, President-Designate of COP29 and Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan
• Régine Vandriessche, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD, Belgium
• Michelle Bachelet, Founder of Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano and Former President of the Republic of Chile, Chile
• Stephanie Mbombo, Presidential Special Envoy for New Climate Economy, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dan Jannik Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark
• Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice President, European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, European Commission
• Sultan Welle Ahmed, State Minister, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia
• Pasi-Heikki Vaaranmaa, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD, Finland
• Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, France
• Hajia Samira Bawumia, Second Lady and Clean Cooking Alliance Global Ambassador, Ghana
• Praveen Mal Khanooja, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India
• Eamon Ryan, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Ireland
• Olivier Jean-Baptiste, Minister of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Madagascar
• Michael Usi, Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Malawi
• Ibrahim Matola, Minister of Energy, Malawi
• Alberto Maverengue Augusto, Ambassador to France, Mozambique
• Carl Hermann Gustav Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Namibia
• Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norway
• Jaroslaw Cwiek-Karpowicz, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD, Poland
• Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
• Birame Soulèye Diop, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Senegal
• Frantisek Ruzicka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Slovak Republic
• Mattias Frumerie, Climate Ambassador and Head of Delegation to UNFCCC at Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Sweden
• Catherine Cudré-Mauroux, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD, Switzerland
• H.R.H Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Vice-Minister and Climate Envoy, The Netherlands
• Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
• Sultan Al Jaber, President, COP28, United Arab Emirates
• Lord Richard Benyon, Minister of State for Development and Africa, United Kingdom

 Non-government (companies, international organisations and civil society)

• Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, President of the African Refiners & Distributors Association & Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Authority, Ghana
• Guido Brusco, Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources, ENI
• Jane Burston, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Air Fund
• Kimball Chen, Chairman, Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP)
• Moussa Diao, Chief Executive Officer, Oryx Energies
• Cristina Duarte, Under Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General, United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA-UN)
• Alain Ebobissé, Chief Executive Officer, Africa50
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization
• Arunabha Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
• Evandro Gussi, President and Chief Executive Officer, UNICA
• Russell Hardy, Chief Executive Officer, Vitol
• Belinda Ikazoboh, Vice President for Emerging Markets Power, Shell
• Ditte Juul-Jørgensen, Director General, Directorate-General of Energy, European Commission
• Clemens Kerres, Deputy Permanent Representative, German Mission to the OECD
• Margaret Kim, Chief Executive Officer, Gold Standard
• Nengai King, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Tanzania
• Jules Kortenhorst, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, C-Quest Capital
• Anibor Kragha, Executive Secretary, African Refiners and Distributors Association
• Ryan LeGrand, President and Chief Executive Officer, US Grains Council
• Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of the Elders, Chair of the Board of the Graça Machel Trust and Former Minister of Education of Mozambique
• Stan Mittelman, Group Chief Executive Officer, Vivo Energy
• Greg Murray, Chief Executive Officer, KOKO Networks
• Mark Napier, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa)
• Vanessa Nakate, Founder of the Rise Up Movement, Founder of Youth for Future Africa
• Joseph Ng’ang’a, Interim Managing Director and Vice President for Africa, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
• Simon O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer, SNV
• Damilola Ogunbiyi, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)
• Sheila Oparaocha, Director of Energia Network, Energia
• Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, TotalEnergies
• Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Developpement (AFD)
• James Rockall, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, World Liquid Gas Association
• Peter Scott, Chief Executive Officer, BURN Manufacturing
• Judith Simon, President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Verra
• Admassu Tadesse, President and Chief Executive, Trade and Development Bank
• Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited
• Dymphna van der Lans, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
• Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Equinor
• Paul Walton, Executive Director, Africa-Europe Foundation
• Ciyong Zou, Deputy to the Director General & Managing Director of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization