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Tanzania summit declaration vows to connect 300mln Africans with cheap electricity within five years
DAR ES SALAAM, January 29, 2025 — African leaders committed on Tuesday to delivering affordable electricity to 300 million people across the continent within five years. The pledge, known as the Dar es Salaam…
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Museveni urges Mubende residents to priotise household incomes
MUBENDE, January 26, 2025: President Yoweri Museveni has called on the people of Mubende District to prioritise generating homestead income, emphasising that other developments, such as tarmac roads and electricity, will follow.…
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Kwania locals threaten legal action against UMEME after spending two years without power
KWANIA, January 7, 2025 — Residents of Aderlongo Trading Centre in Akali Subcounty, Kwania District, have given the electricity distributor UMEME a two-week ultimatum to restore power to their area or face…
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Afreximbank signs landmark hydropower project in DRC
CAIRO, December 20, 2024 — African Export-Import Bank [Afreximbank] signed a project preparation facility financing agreement for its private-sector renewable energy project in the Democratic Republic of Congo [ DRC ], marking…
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Low cassava prices hit Nebbi farmers
NEBBI, December 9, 2024 — Farmers venturing into cassava farming in Nebbi district are threatening to abandon the enterprise, citing low prices in the local and foreign markets. They said a kilo of…
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Uganda poised to benefit from COMESA electricity trade initiative
KAMPALA, November 27, 2024 – Uganda is set to gain from a lucrative electricity trade deal involving at least 15 countries through the Eastern Africa Power Pool [EAPP], an intergovernmental initiative aimed…
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Ninth Africa Energy Market Place held in Dar es Salaam ahead of key Africa Heads of State Energy Summit
DAR ES SALAAM, October 25, 2024 — Further to an April 2024 pledge by the Presidents of the African Development Bank and the World Bank to bring electricity access to 300 million…
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Hospitals should use non-tax revenue to improve service delivery, says Tayebwa
MBARARA CITY, October 1, 2024 — The non-tax revenue estimated at Shs 600 billion that is generated by referral hospitals across the country should be retained by the facilities and used to…
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Energy experts call for enhanced electricity regulations in COMESA
ADDIS ABABA, September 26, 2024– African energy experts and stakeholders have urged governments in the COMESA region to enhance electricity regulations. The group made the call recently as they convened in Addis…
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Minister calls for more investment in electricity sector
KAMPALA, September 20, 2024 — The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has urged Members of Parliament to support more investment in last-mile electricity connections to support Uganda’s value addition…
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