Energy group Eni has launched a new improved cookstoves production center in Luanda in partnership with the Salesians of Don Bosco and Doctors with Africa CUAMM.
Thus, stepping up efforts to expand access to cleaner, more efficient cooking solutions under its Clean Cooking program.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo.
The new facility in Luanda is designed to manufacture improved cookstoves at scale and works in tandem with an upgraded Benguela site, together more than tripling Angola’s production capacity. The expansion has already created over 260 jobs across production, distribution, and logistics, with further growth expected.
“The inauguration of this new center represents a significant step forward in expanding access to more efficient and sustainable cooking solutions in Angola.
"Through the Eni for Clean Cooking program, we have already reached more than one million people and aim to engage 3.5 million by 2030, helping improve household living conditions, reduce fuel consumption, and deliver tangible benefits for health, the environment and local economic development,” said João Maria da Silva, Managing Director of Eni Natural Energies Angola.
Beyond manufacturing and distribution, the program also includes training, education, and social development initiatives. Around 2,400 students are enrolled in technical specialization courses, alongside 130 multi-year scholarships focused on environmental and renewable energy fields. A vocational training center has been established in Luanda, supported by awareness campaigns on nutrition and basic hygiene for families.
Separately, Eni announced a new sustainable agriculture and ecosystem restoration project in Moxico Province in collaboration with C4 EcoSolutions. The initiative will promote regenerative farming and large-scale forest restoration across roughly 40,000 hectares, involving up to 20,000 farmers and creating as many as 700 jobs at peak.
