To address Africa’s long-standing energy challenge and build on new opportunities for transforming the cooking sector, the World Bank launched in 2012 the Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES) initiative, aiming to promote enterprise-based, large-scale dissemination and adoption of clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The initiative addresses key barriers to sector development targeting consumers, enterprises, technology, and policy through the following supporting pillars: 1) Quality Assurance and Technical Support; 2) Consumer Engagement; 3) Business Development; 4) Access to Finance; 5) Policy Engagement.