Tanzania, July 29 -- Dar es Salaam. The government is courting investors, entrepreneurs and development partners to tap into Tanzania's growing clean cooking sector as it seeks to mobilise Sh4.6 trillion needed to achieve its target of ensuring that 80 percent of Tanzanians use clean cooking energy by 2034.

The investment will support implementation of the National Clean Cooking Strategy, which seeks to expand access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), electricity, biogas, improved cookstoves and other clean cooking technologies while reducing dependence on firewood and charcoal.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Citizen, Director of Clean Cooking in the Ministry of Energy Nolasco Roman Mlay said the government had developed a 1...