Publications & Resources

Reaching households with the information they need to make informed energy choices is not a one-time event, it is a sustained commitment. During May and June 2026, SESCOM (Sustainable Energy Services Company Limited) and TaTEDO-Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO), demonstrated exactly that commitment through an intensive series of consumer outreach campaigns, public exhibitions, live cooking demonstrations, and high-level stakeholder engagements across multiple regions of Tanzania is key in accelerating transition to clean cooking.

Across the coastal districts of Tanzania and Ruvuma Landscape, a quiet but powerful transformation is under way. Women's groups, youth entrepreneurs, and small food vendors are turning efficient charcoal baking ovens into profitable micro-enterprises reducing fuel costs, conserving forest resources, and opening new income streams for hundreds of families. This is not a pilot experiment. It is a proven, replicable model tested in twelve districts over seven years, and the results speak for themselves.

Tanzania stands at a defining moment in its energy history. Blessed with some of Africa's most abundant renewable energy resources including solar, hydro, wind, geothermal, and biomass, yet long constrained by financing barriers, regulatory uncertainty, and low private-sector engagement, the country is now poised to unlock the transformative power of clean energy. A landmark study commissioned by TaTEDO-Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO), implemented in partnership with WWF Tanzania Country Office under the Africa Energy Transition (AET) Programme, charts a practical roadmap for investors, policymakers, and development actors seeking to seize this opportunity.

Under the Africa Energy Transition Project, TaTEDO-SESO partnered with WWF and the IMED Foundation to pilot an integrated business development programme for sustainable energy SMEs. In seven months, five women-led enterprises in biomass briquettes and seaweed solar drying processing acquired certifications, secured institutional contracts, recorded a 306% peak revenue surge, and built a combined climate finance pipeline exceeding USD 250,000.

Tanzania is making tangible progress in transforming how its public institutions cook. TaTEDO-Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO) and SEECO have led a major intervention that is already delivering measurable results by replacing inefficient, smoke-filled three-stone fires with scientifically validated high-efficiency institutional firewood stoves in primary schools and training centres across the country.

Tanzania is at a defining inflection point in its clean cooking transition, moving decisively from pilot-scale innovation to nationally coordinated scale-up. At the centre of this transformation stand TaTEDO-Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO) and supporting social enterprises, including SESCOM Ltd, whose combined track record of over 35 years in sustainable energy is converting policy ambition into real household adoption across the country. With installed

Across Tanzania’s southern landscapes, a quiet transformation is taking place. Communities, schools, civil society organizations, and local authorities are working together to address environmental degradation, promote sustainable energy solutions, and strengthen community participation in natural resource governance.

Early in the morning in Mbuyuni village in Masasi District, women and children used to spend hours collecting firewood before the day’s cooking could even begin. For many families, firewood was the only available source of energy, but it came at a high cost—time, health risks, and increasing pressure on nearby forests.