The Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Challenge Program presents a valuable opportunity for African businesses and organisations working on electric cooking (eCooking) technologies that help decrease indoor air pollution and carbon emissions. This funding call aims to support eCooking initiatives with scaling potential throughout the African continent.
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Smoke from solid cooking fuels continues to pose significant health and environmental challenges across numerous African nations. The CCAC has introduced this focused challenge to encourage innovations that help households and small businesses transition to cleaner, electricity-based cooking approaches. The coalition’s programme website indicates that each challenge features defined outcomes, assessment criteria, and customised support.
For SMEs, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and energy service providers, this opportunity extends beyond simple grant funding: it provides access to a worldwide network, technical expertise, opportunities to test eCooking technologies, and pathways to expand impact. With growing international emphasis on clean energy transformation, participation in this program can create access to financing opportunities, collaborative partnerships, and industry recognition.
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Who Can Apply?
- Proposals must present eCooking solutions to be deployed in one or multiple African nations.
- Submissions must meet requirements for completeness, alignment with challenge objectives, and budgetary guidelines.
- Eligible applicants include businesses, NGOs, and other organisational entities — the program welcomes more than just startups.
- Applicants need to demonstrate the capacity to achieve quantifiable results that align with the CCAC’s goals of reducing pollution and advancing cleaner cooking practices.
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What Selected Projects Receive
- Financial support for approved initiatives (specific funding amounts and limits outlined in the call).
- Technical guidance and professional mentorship from the CCAC for eCooking solution implementation.
- Exposure within global clean air and clean energy communities.
- Opportunities to test and expand technologies or business approaches targeting household or small-scale commercial cooking in Africa.
Submission Deadline: December 12, 2025. Click HERE to apply.
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