00:00African nations have secured $900 million in new funding to expand access to clean cooking technologies,
00:08bringing total commitments to more than $3.1 billion since last year's Africa Clean Cooking Summit.
00:15The investment will help reduce charcoal and firewood with cleaner fuels and modern cooking technologies across the continent.
00:23The International Energy Agency says nearly 1 billion Africans still rely on polluting fuels,
00:31contributing to an estimated 850,000 premature deaths every year, with women and children among the hardest hit.
00:40Speaking during a high-level virtual meeting, Kenyan President William Russo said financing remains the biggest obstacle to achieving universal
00:49access to clean cooking,
00:50stressing that ambition must be matched with investment.
00:54The IEA says around $740 million from previous pledges has already been deployed across 22 African countries.
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