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- (L-R) Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency; Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio; United Republic of Tanzania President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan; Togolese Republic President Faure Gnassingbé; Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre; Executive Vice President of European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maroš Šefčovič; African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina
- French President Emmanuel Macron gathered heads of state and international organizations at the Elysee to discuss the outcomes of the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa
- In a vibrant speech, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, said it was time to end the spectacle of African women and girls hunched over carrying heavy loads, walking for miles every day, often in unsafe conditions, simply to be able to cook the family's daily meals
- “To secure resources for clean cooking, this summit must call for an upcoming generous replenishment of the African Development Fund, which includes $12 billion for clean cooking,” urged Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre pledges $50 million for clean cooking in Africa
- “This summit provided a firm commitment on an issue that has been ignored by too many people for too long,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency
- Dan Jannik Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, welcomed the African Development Bank's initiative to create a dedicated clean cooking sub-programme under the Sustainable Energy Fund in Africa
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African Development Bank commits $2 billion as it leads the way at landmark summit for access to clean cooking in Africa
The Bank’s pledge of $200 million per year represents an important contribution to the $4 billion per year needed to allow African families to have access to clean cooking by 2030
President Macron praises the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) for its catalytical role; Access to clean cooking is about more than cooking, it is about dignity, says Adesina; Tanzania’s President Suluhu calls for generous replenishment of African Development Fund to guarantee resources for clean cooking for Africa’s low-income countries. The African…
