MCFA in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) is supporting projects in seven Sub-Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe and currently has a portfolio of 14 projects.

MCFA countries

MCFA projects under implementation

In the beneath table you can see an overview of all MCFA agreed projects by September 2024, which are under implementation in all seven project countries.

Financed companiesPartnersCountryTechnologyNumber of contracted clean cooking services Project description
Lanforce EnergyZimbabweBiogas 6,131Lanforce Energy is one of the leading biogas companies in Zimbabwe offering biodigesters for households, farmers, entrepreneurs and institutions. The company aims to scale up its business activities by selling approx. 2,400 new biodigesters, which would total over 6,000 clean cooking services, expected to benefit up to 28,000 Zimbabweans in the rural and peri-urban areas of the country. 
BURN Manufacturing KenyaBURN Manufacturing USA KenyaElectric130,000 Under separate agreements with BURN subsidiaries in the respective countries, MCFA will provide up to EUR 10 million of results-based financing   
BURN Manufacturing
Mozambique
Mozambique Electric66,666until 2027 to expand access in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.
BURN Manufacturing RDCDRCElectric50,000With the support of MCFA, BURN is planning to establish up to 456,000 clean cooking services
BURN Manufacturing TZTanzaniaElectric130,000and enhance its direct operational presence across the five targeted markets.
BURN Manufacturing ZambiaZambiaElectric80,000 Over the course of the anticipated four-year implementation period, the expansion is expected to reach up to 2.28 million beneficiaries.
Emerging Cooking SolutionsZambiaSolid biofuels (pellets) 28,666 Emerging Cooking Solutions will offer to over 28,000 customers micro-gasification stoves together with its own SupaMoto pellets, made from timber mill off-cuts from managed forestry plantations, under a subscription-based utility model.  
ENGIE Energy Access Zambia Good Farmland Management Kenya (Sistema.bio) ZambiaBiogas2,392ENGIE Energy Access Zambia Limited has been operating in Zambia since 2017 with a focus on delivering off-grid solar home systems. The company will leverage its extensive reach and Sistema.bio’s adaptable product range, to bring biodigesters to 2,400 households in Zambia. 
ENGIE Energy Access Moçambique Good Farmland Management Kenya (Sistema.bio) MozambiqueBiogas2,000ENGIE Energy Access Mozambique will provide its customers with innovative biodigesters that enable farmers to convert agricultural waste into biogas and fertiliser through a PAYGo business model. The company aims to provide 2,000 clean cooking services, i.e. stoves and biodigesters, benefitting some 10,000 people in Mozambique by the end of 2028.
Sayari Safi (UpEnergy Tanzania) TanzaniaElectric123,250UpEnergy Tanzania aims to scale up its distribution of electric cooking services across Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Morogoro, Mwanza and Pwani. The aim is to deploy over 123,000 PowerUp electric pressure cookers, which are expected to benefit over 600,000 Tanzanians. 
HomeBiogasKenyaBiogas34,000HomeBiogas in Kenya will provide small-scale farmers in Kenya with its modular small-scale biogas systems. The company aims to install 34,000 biogas systems to boost the company’s expansion in Western and Central Kenya. This will provide up to 170,000 farmers in Kenya with clean cooking solutions 
Better Cooking Company LimitedKenyaSolid biofuels (pellets)25,000Better Cooking Company Limited, trading as EcoSafi, will provide Kenyans with efficient cooking stoves of their own design and a regular supply of pellet fuel made from agricultural waste. The company aims to establish 25,000 sustainable clean cooking services in Kenya. This will provide up to 125,000 people in Kenya with access to clean cooking solutions.


African eCosync Energy
KenyaSolid biofuels (pellets)13,000ACE Hybrid Energy Kenya will sell its own-designed ACE One gasifier stoves to customers on Kenya’s Eastern coast. The company aims to sell 13,000 stoves, which will provide up to 65,000 people in Kenya with clean cooking solutions.
ENGIE Energy Access TanzaniaGood Farmland Management Kenya (Sistema.bio)TanzaniaBiogas2,700ENGIE Energy Access Tanzania will provide customers in provinces with the highest concentration of dairy farmers with an innovative biodigester technology through a PAYGo business model, enabling them to convert agricultural waste into biogas and fertiliser. The aim is to provide 2,700 clean cooking stoves combined with 1,600 biodigesters in various sizes, benefitting some 13,000 people in Tanzania.

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