Kenya National eCooking Strategy (KNeCTS)

About the Strategy

The Kenya National eCooking Strategy (KNeCS) 2024-2028 provides a roadmap for building the foundation for a sustainable eCooking marketplace in the next five years, which can then enable an accelerated scale-up over the next two decades to facilitate the Net Zero transition. The KNeCS makes a strong contribution towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum’s (MoEP’s) ambitious target of universal access to clean cooking solutions by 2028 and ensuring the financial viability of the power sector through demand stimulation.

VISION

Transforming the cooking and electrification landscape in Kenya through increasing adoption and sustained use of energy-efficient eCooking solutions.

Mission

To build a sustainable eCooking marketplace over the next 5 years, enhancing access, affordability, and innovation to achieve widespread electrification of cooking by 2050, while improving health, creating jobs, promoting gender equity, and reducing CO2 emissions.

strategic objectives

The following three broad objectives will help achieve the mission and vision outlined above, as well as the strategic roadmap:

Strengthen the enabling environment for eCooking by addressing policy, infrastructure and capacity gaps.

Validate innovative eCooking solutions for broader market adoption through demonstration projects.

Bridge affordability and access gaps for eCooking solutions through market development activities.

eCooking Appliances Ownership.

In Kenya, a variety of eCooking appliances are gaining traction due to the country’s drive for cleaner and more efficient energy. These appliances include Electric Pressure Cookers (EPCs), Induction Cookers, Rice Cookers, Air Fryers, Mixed LPG-Electric Standalone Cookers, Microwave Ovens, Electric Solid Plate or Coil Hobs, and
Electric Kettles and Immersion Coil Water Heaters. Each appliance offers distinct advantages and challenges for Kenyan cooking styles and energy efficiency.

Ownership patterns from the KNeCS baseline survey data reveal that 25% of Kenyan households own at least one eCooking appliance. Of these, about 4% can be considered complete cooking solutions, i.e. an appliance that can cook the majority of popular household dishes.

Rural households surprisingly reported higher ownership of eCooking appliances. Gender and wealth also play a significant role in eCooking, with male-headed households being more likely to own eCooking appliances, and ownership skewed towards higher wealth quintiles, with some exceptions like the high prevalence of inefficient electric coil stoves among lower-income households.

Under the Multi-Tier Framework,
69% of households have a connection suitable for eCooking and interestingly, rural households fare better (70.9%) than their urban counterparts
(66.6%). 68.36%.

For eCooking to be a competitive option, a tariff reduction is necessary, particularly to make it costeffective compared to LPG

Additional eCooking demand will require about 1GW of the 4.2 GW of planned capacity in 2028

25% of Kenyan households own at least one eCooking appliance. Of these, about 4% can be considered complete cooking solutions, and 22% are task specific.

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