Around one-third of the world’s population relies on hazardous cooking methods like burning charcoal, firewood, and animal dung. These practices contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, indoor air pollution, and millions of premature deaths annually. The lack of affordable and accessible modern cooking appliances perpetuates both environmental harm and social inequality, disproportionately impacting women and girls.

Clean cooking solutions offer a transformative opportunity for the 2.3 billion people without access to safe, efficient cooking alternatives. UpEnergy, headquartered in Uganda, is at the forefront of this change, fighting energy poverty and climate change by delivering affordable, life-improving technologies to low-income communities across Africa.