Our Work
Gamos East Africa specialises in strategic research and stakeholder mobilisation to turn transformative ideas into practice. We work with a range of stakeholders, from government to private sector to end users, developing innovative ways to change perceptions and catalyse action through evidence-based decision making.
Modern Energy Cooking Services Programme
Facilitating a global transition towards modern energy for cooking by leveraging progress in electrification to drive forward the clean cooking agenda
Kenya National eCooking Strategy (KNeCTS)
Supporting Kenya's Ministry of Energy to develop the first ever eCooking Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
eCAP
Working in partnership with Kenya Power to build capacity and develop the market for eCooking in Kenya.
Kenya National Cooking Transition Strategy
Supporting the Ministry of Energy to map out a pathway towards universal access to clean cooking by 2028.
Institutional eCooking Projects
Currently collaborating with Rockefeller, CLASP and EcoBora to pilot eCooking appliances in a school involved in a feeding program. Previously implemented projects with Kenya Power Institute of Energy Studies & Research (IESR) and also with SNV Kenya in testing large Electric Pressure Cookers (EPCs) in schools and hospitals, showing significant cost, time, and water savings over traditional cooking methods.
SunSafe Project
The Sunsafe Project implemented in collaboration with Strathmore University focuses on delivering a solution for ensuring that solar systems can be appropriately sized to deliver safe, cost-effective solutions to off-grid locations, and that these systems can be sold and supported by staff with minimal training and electrical expertise. This has been achieved through the development of the Sunsafe app, an Android smartphone app that can size a solar system and assess the compatibility of the components by reading the necessary information from a QR-code label on each component.
The 11th Hour Project
This project is led by STEER Centre (Loughborough University) and IIED, with support from GAMOS East Africa and the ACCESS Coalition, aims to strengthen inclusive energy planning in the DRC. It focuses on training a new cohort of partners on the Energy as a Driver of Development, the Energy Delivery Models (EDM) approach, providing mentoring and technical support to partners from the Naivasha Learning Exchange, and building advocacy strategies that highlight the value of cross-sectoral, inclusive energy planning.
Activities include interactive online and in-person training sessions, stakeholder and power mapping, literature reviews, advocacy material development, and mentorship for engaging government and donors. The programme will also support EDM demonstration projects in DRC, identify potential co-funders, and explore best practice learning platforms, culminating in a national Round Table with key actors in early 2025.
Data-Driven Utility Management for Demand Response and Incentivizing Green Energy Transition in Africa
Project has 5 Workstreams: 1. Electrification of Cooking – Scaling the adoption of electric cooking to increase energy demand and optimize underutilized renewable energy capacity
2. E-Mobility as a Demand Driver – Integrating electric vehicles (EVs) into the grid to stimulate demand for renewable energy and enhance grid utilization and optimization
3. Demand-Side Management (DSM) Platform –Implementing IoT-powered smart meters and automated demand response systems to balance energy loads and support automated load shifting.
4. Budget Neutrality Strategies – Creating economic and financing models, fiscal impact assessments, and carbon finance strategies under Article 6 to ensure sustainable, cost-effective energy transitions.
5. Regulatory C Tariff Enhancements – Developing cost-reflective, consumer-centric tariff structures for sustainable energy transitions and making other regulatory and policy recommendations that support increased electricity consumption from e-cooking and e-mobility and enhanced regional integration.
We are leading Workstream 1in partnership with the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme and the Global eCooking Coalition (GeCCo). This workstream aims to bring together utilities and regulators to co-design and test innovative solutions that will address key barriers to scaling eCooking adoption across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Ethiopia.
This workstream has three primary objectives to enable eCooking as a systemic demand driver for renewable energy utilization and grid optimization in the partner countries:
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Strengthening evidence on the eCooking Market landscape by updating the national eCooking market assessments in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Malawi.
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Enhance South-South learning amongst utilities and regulators as key stakeholders in scaling up eCooking solutions through co-creation workshops and ongoing engagement.
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Pilot promising new solutions proposed during the co-creation workshop