Energy & Mining
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Gov’t pledges efficient power distribution after UMEME exits
KAMPALA, March 19, 2025 – Government through the The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development [MEMD] has reaffirmed readiness to take over the electricity distribution concession from UMEME Ltd. through the Uganda…
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Gov’t receives Shs 40bln to connect rural areas to electricity
KAMPALA, March 19, 2025 – The Government of Uganda has received a €10 million [approximately Shs 40 billion] grant to improve electricity access in the country’s rural and peri-urban areas. The grant,…
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Project focused on renewable energy promotion launched in Bunyoro
HOIMA, March 14, 2025 – Women in the Bunyoro region have reason to celebrate following the launch of the “African Women of Faith in Energy” initiative, which aims to empower women faith…
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EAC Partner States urged to adopt modern technologies in oil and gas sector to facilitate transition to clean energy
ARUSHA, March 13, 2025: East African Community [EAC] Partner States have been challenged to leverage the latest technological advances to align the oil and gas sector in the region to the global goal…
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Gov’t begins journey to revamp Kilembe Mines
KAMPALA, March 9, 2025 – Government through the Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) has officially commenced efforts to fully revive Kilembe Mines, which once produced Uganda’s copper before being closed in 1982.…
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AEC endorses U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s support for African energy independence
JOHANNESBURG, March 9, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered a decisive message at the Powering Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., affirming that Africa must be free to harness its…
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Coops warn EU over proposed sanctions on Russian fertilisers
BRUSSELS, March 8, 2025 – Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations [COPA] and General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives [COGECA], together known as COPA-COGECA, have warned that the European Commission’s [EC] adoption of a…
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Tests for spillway defects at Isimba Dam to be done in China
KAMPALA, March 6, 2025 –– The spillway defects at Isimba Dam in Kamuli district will be subjected to a Physical Model Test [PMT] in China to determine the root cause of the…
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EACOP: Laying of infrastructure to unlock oil production progressing well
KIKUUBE, March 4, 2025 –– The implementers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] say the laying of the required infrastructure for the pipeline to transport oil from Lake Albert oilfields…
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Parliament queries last minute loan request for UMEME buyout
KAMPALA, February 26, 2025 – Members of Parliament [MPs] on the Committee of National Economy have queried government’s ‘last minute’ request for a US$ 190 million loan to finance the UMEME buyout…
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