Energy Planning for Informal Settlements in Kenya: Reflections on Mathare and Mukuru The workshop was conducted to provide an avenue for collaboration, knowledge exchange and action. Its objectives were threefold;•
The two-day workshop convened close to 30 participants, including senior government representatives from clean cooking access deficit countries, experienced researchers and practitioners in the clean cooking sector, representatives from international
This graphic recording is a summary of the Co-Creating a Policy and Action Agenda for Sustainable Charcoal Transitions workshop. The workshop revealed a strong, shared recognition that charcoal is central
Have you ever wondered why, after so many programs and promises, most of us still rely on informal electricity connections? Why does the situation seem to get worse, not better? Why do solutions that sound good on paper fail in Mathare?
Mathare is a complex system including villages, diverse communities, a network of formal and informal supply of energy, many independent businesses, social hubs, and local leadership structures. All systems follow objectives, like keeping our body healthy, developing a vibrant city, or developing our communities, and are composed subsystems that may follow their own individual objectives (e.g. the stomach wants to eat, governments wants to get re-elected, a business owner needs customers).
Over the past decade, Kenya has seen a proliferation of international collaborations related to energy modelling. These partnerships are typically framed as technical assistance packages (modelling, training, and workshops) but
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