For businesses and organisations in Africa developing electric cooking (eCooking) solutions that can reduce indoor air pollution and carbon emissions, the CCAC Challenge Program offers an excellent opportunity. Through this call for proposals, the Climate & Clean Air Coalition seeks to support scalable eCooking projects across Africa.
Indoor smoke from solid fuels remains a major health and environmental issue in many African countries. The CCAC has launched this targeted challenge to incentivise innovations that shift households and small enterprises to cleaner, electric-based cooking methods. According to the coalition’s programme page, each challenge is designed with clear outcomes, evaluation criteria and tailored assistance.
For entrepreneurs, SMEs, NGOs and energy-service providers, this represents more than a grant: it is a chance to engage with a global network, receive technical assistance, pilot eCooking solutions, and scale impact. Given the increasing global focus on clean energy transition, being part of this initiative can open doors to funding, partnerships and recognition.
Program Benefits
- Funding support for selected projects (budget thresholds and amounts defined in call)
- Access to technical assistance and expert coaching through the CCAC for implementing eCooking solutions
- Visibility among international clean-air and clean-energy networks
- Potential to pilot and scale technologies or business models that target household or small enterprise cooking in Africa
Eligibility Criteria
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- Projects must propose eCooking solutions implemented in one or more African countries.
- Applicants must respect submission completeness, relevance (to the challenge aims) and budget parameters.
- Applicants may be businesses, NGOs, or other organisations — the call is not restricted exclusively to startups.
- Applicants should be ready to deliver measurable outcomes aligned with the CCAC’s objectives of reducing pollution and promoting cleaner cooking.
Duration
The call covers a project implementation period as defined in the official terms; selected projects will enter the CCAC Challenge stream and progress through implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases.
Deadline
Refer to the official call webpage for the specific deadline and submission timeline. (Check the “Calls for Proposals” section on the CCAC website)
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