- Kenya, Norway, the United States and the IEA will host a 2026 Clean Cooking Summit in Nairobi to expand clean cooking access in Africa.
- The event builds on the 2024 Paris Summit, which mobilised significant funding and policy momentum.
Kenya, Norway, the United States and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host a Clean Cooking Summit in Nairobi in 2026. The event will focus on bringing clean cooking access to 1 billion Africans who currently lack it. The organisers aim to build on the momentum of the first Summit held in Paris in 2024.
President William Ruto of Kenya, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway, United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol will co-chair the 2026 Summit. The event will convene public and private sector actors to expand finance, technology and policy solutions for clean cooking across Africa.
The first Summit took place in Paris in May 2024 and mobilised USD 2.2 billion in financial pledges from governments and companies. Nearly 60 countries participated, including African heads of state, the African Development Bank and major energy firms.
In July 2025, the IEA reported that more than USD 470 million from the Paris pledges had already been disbursed. The Agency also published a new roadmap for achieving universal access to clean cooking across sub-Saharan Africa by 2040. Dr Birol launched the report alongside African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Lerato Mataboge and Tanzanian Presidential Representative for Clean Cooking Jacqueline Kawishe.
Both officials highlighted the value of cooperation with the IEA and noted that African policy reforms are helping to grow domestic clean cooking markets.