All posts by: Kip Patrick

DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Clean Cooking Forum 2015 Wraps Up in Ghana

Closing plenary (l to r): Betty Ikalany, & Chief Executive Director, Appropriate Energy Saving Technologies (AEST); Victoria Cortes Matamoros, Center for Renewable Energy; Improved Stoves Evaluation Center, Zamorano University, Honduras; Asna Towfiq, Market Manager, Bangladesh, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; John Mitchell, Program Director, US EPA; Andy Wehkamp, Managing Director for Renewable Energy of SNV […]

DAY THREE HIGHLIGHTS: Clean Cooking Forum 2015 Rolls On in Ghana

Grant Shapps, Minister of State, UK Department for International Development, delivers the keynote address at Day Three of the Clean Cooking Forum 2015. Day Three of the Clean Cooking Forum 2015 offered attendees a tremendous range of opportunities to learn about global activities at the ministerial level, and also see first-hand the issues people are […]

DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS: Clean Cooking Forum 2015 in Full Swing in Ghana

Internationally-acclaimed musician and Alliance Ambassador Rocky Dawuni performs at the Clean Cooking Forum 2015 in Accra, Ghana. The energy from Day One of the Clean Cooking Forum 2015 continued into Day Two. Kicking off with an engaging opening plenary about investment and finance, the second day of the Forum also included a strong line-up of […]

DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS: Clean Cooking Forum 2015 Kicks Off in Ghana

Speakers at the Opening Plenary of the Clean Cooking Forum 2015 included (l to r): Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Ghana’s Minister of Petroleum; Pamela Abdulai, 11-year-old Ghana Girl Guide and advocate for clean cookstoves and fuels; Radha Muthiah, CEO, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; John Alexander Ackon, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection; […]

Ghana Hosts Global Event on Clean Cooking Accra, Ghana

More than 500 leaders and experts from over 40 countries will be in Accra from Nov 10-13 as Ghana hosts the Clean Cooking Forum 2015. The event, being held for the first time in West Africa, is part of a global effort to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels. […]

Ghananian Music Star Rocky Dawuni To Perform at Forum

Fresh off his US, Canada and European tours promoting his new album “Branches of the Same Tree,” Ghanaian international musician and activist Rocky Dawuni is heading home to Accra early this month. Dawuni will be in Ghana to promote an issue close to his heart – clean cooking. As an Ambassador for the United Nations […]

Forum Info: There’s an App for That!

This year the Alliance brings you information about the Clean Cooking Forum in multiple digital formats. First, there is this web site, engineered to be mobile-friendly for your smartphones and other mobile devices. And we have also launched an app that you can download here. Both the web site and the app will work in […]

Site Visit Registration Now Open

This year’s Clean Cooking Forum in Accra, Ghana will feature a number of site visit options on Thursday afternoon. All attendees who wish to participate in a site visit will need to register. Please register here: https://www.etouches.com/forumsitevists   Option 1: Accra Enterprise Field Visits During this field visit attendees will visit three Enterprises located in […]