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Madagascar starts $35 million clean cooking programme

4 November 2026

Madagascar’s energy ministry launched on 3 November a five-year clean cooking programme financed by a $35 million, 20-year concessional loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development. More than 70% of the budget is to go directly to households; over 90% of them cook with wood or charcoal, only 14% use clean cooking, and the government aims for 50% by 2030. The loan was agreed earlier, and the launch starts implementation, with calls for private projects and regional pilots, including bamboo and cactus biogas in the south. Meeting the target depends on the OPEC Fund drawing in the World Bank’s Ascent programme and private suppliers of stoves and fuel.

Energy & Industry · Tags: Madagascar, OPEC Fund for International Development

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