During a panel held on Tuesday as part of the International Summit on Clean Cooking organized by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the African Development Bank (IEA) and the African Development Bank Development (BAD ), Birame Souleye Diop called on the partners of the National Biogas Programme (PNB-SN) to strengthen its financing mechanism. According to him, the program

The Senegalese Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mines makes a plea on the objectives of developing clean cooking projects in Senegal contained in the PNB-SN. aims to strengthen production and distribution capacities and household access to alternative fuels ( LPG, biogas, bio-coal and biofuels) for the substitution of wood fuels. The minister also indicates that the National Biogas Program will “improve the management of the quality of modern cooking technologies in Senegal [and] set up a pragmatic financing mechanism for clean cooking with the support of bilateral and multilateral donors to support

It is also indicated on the PNB-SN website that “the aim of the program is to improve the living conditions of rural populations in Senegal through the exploitation of the market and non-market benefits of domestic biogas, by creating a sustainable biogas market for the benefit of Senegalese households”.