UK invests £99 million in electric cooking for Africa, Asia

British taxpayers are funding a £99 million program to teach families in Africa and Asia to cook with electricity. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on polluting firewood and charcoal, with over £55 million already disbursed. The budget for the Modern Energy Cooking Services project was recently increased from £55 million to £99 million. The funding will support research at Loughborough University and provide 20,000 electric pressure cookers in Tanzania and Uganda. The future of the program is uncertain due to proposed cuts to the aid budget for increased defense spending. The Foreign Office is reviewing how the aid budget will be allocated moving forward.