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African Refiners and Distribution Association (ARDA), has said that adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG),otherwise called cooking gas,could save the lives of about 600,000 people annually on the continent.
At a virtual workshop recently, the group warned of impending dangers if Africa fails to quickly adopt modern clean energy for cooking.
Anibor Kragha,the Executive Secretary of ARDA, Anibor Kragha drummed campaign for the energy transition in the face of projected growing energy demand.
He warned that Africa would face a serious health crisis if steps are not urgently taken to transition into cleaner fuels in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to him, the continent must aim at fostering collaboration and sharing of best practices to mitigate projected challenges that could undermine energy transition on the continent.
He added: “The deployment of the planned Africa LPG Sector Development Fund to finance National LPG ecosystems at country-level will ensure a robust, full value chain approach to drive sustainable investments and accelerate LPG adoption across the continent.
“An integrated Ecosystem Approach for deploying sustainable investments across the LPG value chain is essential in Africa’s drive towards world-class per capita consumption of LPG”, he stated at the close of the workshop.”
He explained that the workshop is a part of ARDA’s seven-part virtual workgroup workshop series, adding that ARDA is currently working with the African Union to reduce sulphur content in fuels.
He added that ARDA would hold other workshops on storage and distribution, refining and specifications, HSE and quality, human capital, sustainable financing, and regulation as a build-up to the annual ARDA conference in October this year which will focus on developing Africa’s downstream energy transition plan.
Kimball Chen, the Chairman/CEO of GLPGP, said LPG for Clean Cooking in Africa remained a priority issue for the international community – governments and various institutions – as well as private sector capital providers as evidenced by recent LPG feasibility studies in DRC, Kenya Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
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