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Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES) Distribution Challenge Fund (DCF) Competition
Launch: 2015 End: N/A
Region: SSA
Geography: Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, Sudan, Zambia
Type: Regional
ICS Only?: No
Value/Funding: Example: $2.2 million for Uganda: DCF [4]
Funder Type: Multilateral Organization
Funders: World Bank
Features:
  • Technical Assistance
  • Capacity Building
  • Special Finance
  • Funding
  • Policy
  • RBF
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    Description:
    ESMAP & AFTEG implemented initiative. For example, during 2015-2016, designed & funded a project in Uganda that is taking a unique approach to increasing cookstove adoption rates. The project is focusing on value chain integration and results-based commercial distribution [4]
    Reach:
    N/A
    Goal/Target:
    Promote enterprise-based, large-scale dissemination and adoption of clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to alleviate the adverse health, environment, and socio-economic impacts of traditional cooking practices in SSA [2]
    Sources:
    [1] http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385081467992479462/The-state-of-the-global-clean-and-improved-cooking-sector p. vi [3] http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTAFRREGTOPENERGY/Resources/WorldBank_ACCES_AFREA_AFTEG_ESMAP_FINAL.pdf [4] https://www.esmap.org/sites/default/files/esmap-files/113489-AR-PUBLIC-10-3-2017-15-18-5-FINALESMAPASTAEAnnualReportWebMaropt.pdf