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What does market development for electric cooking look like in practice? Uganda is helping show the way. 📈 In many displacement and last-mile settings, the challenge is not a lack of technology - it is the absence of the ecosystem needed to support adoption and scale. 🤝 Through the SOLCO Partnership in Uganda, local organizations, refugee-led actors, private sector companies, government stakeholders, and international partners are working together to build that ecosystem.  The approach is simple but powerful: ✔ Community engagement builds awareness and trust  ✔ Demonstrations turn curiosity into confidence  ✔ Private sector partners strengthen supply and after-sales support  ✔ Financing pathways improve accessibility  ✔ Policy engagement helps anchor long-term growth This is what market development looks like in practice: connecting demand, supply, finance, and policy so that electric cooking can move beyond pilot projects and become part of everyday life. 🌞 Uganda reminds us that sustainable transitions are not built by technology alone. They are built by partnerships, systems, and communities. 🌱 Which do you think is the biggest barrier to scaling electric cooking markets: awareness, supply chains, financing, or policy support? 🤔 Mercy Corps Uganda, Mercy Corps, African Youth Action Network - AYAN, CECI Uganda, Global Platform for Action (GPA), Last Mile Climate #SOLCOPartnership #Uganda #ElectricCooking #CleanCooking #EnergyAccess #MarketDevelopment #ClimateActionPartnerships #RefugeeInclusion #SystemsChange #Partnerships