The second edition for the first season of Clean Cooking Half Marathon is racing at Njiro, in the Themi Hill ward of Arusha, ahead of the 2025 National Agriculture Week of Nane-Nane in Tanzania.
Running under the theme of ‘Clean Cooking Energy: Protect your health and conserve the environment for a sustainable economy,’ the racing event will take place on Sunday, the 3rd day of August 2025.
It is the first marathon which is being held in the outskirts of the city and precedes the annual Nane-Nane week climaxing on the 8th of August 2025.
Organized by the Tanzania Business-Women Association (TABWA), the second edition of the ‘Clean Cooking Half Marathon,’ features the main 21 kilometers racing event, the 10 kilometers run and 5 kilometers lap and has so far attracted more than 700 participants.
“The first episode of the Marathon was held in Dar-es-salaam and attracted 436 runners, last April and this is the second season in Arusha,” stated the coordinator, Noreen Mawalla, adding that the race will cover all zones and at the moment it is running in the North.
Noreen Mawalla, who is the Executive Director of the Tanzania Business Women Association, said the Marathon is a special campaign to advocate for clean cooking energy for health, environment and economy and that it will go in sync with ‘Clean Energy Expo 2025,’ in Arusha.
“It will also involve special technological exhibition at the Nane-Nane Agricultural show grounds in Arusha,” explained Ms Mawalla, adding that her organization will also provide special training sessions for women and the youth on the importance of switching to clean cooking and heating energy.
Prizes for the winners will mostly comprise units of clean cooking stoves ranging from gas and electricity cookers of different sizes and capacity for all the participants of different categories of the marathon.
The Arusha Regional Commissioner, Kenani Laban Kihongosi termed the race as an important athletic event which precede the clean energy expo at the Nane-Nane Show grounds in the Njiro section of Themi Hill ward and encouraged more people to participate.