Issued on: 18/02/2026 - 22:01

In Africa clean cooking is an issue of major concern, and with a billion people relying on wood and charcoal to cook their food each day there is a disproportionate number of deaths due to fine particle air pollution. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Andy Herscowitz, CEO of Mission 300 Accelerator, about the group's aim to expand access to modern and cleaner cooking technologies across Africa. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/rockefeller-foundation-global-energy-alliance-clean-cooking-alliance-energy-corps-scale-modern-cooking-technologies-in-africa/

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