NIGERIA PUSHES FOR SWITCH TO CLEAN COOKING, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ENERGY MARKET CHALLENGES
July 22nd, 2024
The release of a National Clean Cooking Policy in Nigeria this April (2024) is poised to impact west Africa’s dominant country’s energy sector and environment. With Africa’s largest population (218 million out of 1.2 billion continent-wide) and Africa’s largest economy (GDP of USD477 billion out of USD3.1 trillion), this policy - designed to offer clean cooking systems to the 30
million
households
in
Nigeria
that burn wood in their kitchens - could transform the economy of Nigeria and west Africa (1).
Nigeria would end the inefficient and ...
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