Energy and Extractives Update

Petroleum House, Entebbe, 24 July 2024: Energy Minister Hon. Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa met British High Commissioner H.E. Lisa Chesney to discuss UK support for clean cooking, electricity infrastructure, and Uganda’s mining potential....

Serena Conference Centre, Kampala, 8 July 2025: Hon. Dr. John Chrysestom Muyingo, State Minister for Higher Education, opened the 12th GBEP Bioenergy Week on behalf of the Minister of Energy. He stressed...

Four Points Hotel, Kampala, 5 August 2025: Hon. Sidronius Okasaai Opolot, State Minister for Energy, officiated the inaugural Telecom Sector Power Forum themed “Powering the Telecom Sector to Drive Socio-Economic Transformation.” He...

Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court, 2 July 2025: Seventeen suspected vandals were charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act for allegedly tampering with Uganda’s electricity network between 2022 and May 2025. The accused, linked to...

Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, 18 July 2025: GIZ, in partnership with the EU, handed over the Renewable Energy Training Center (RETC) to MEMD. Hosted at Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, the RETC is...

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), 1 July 2025: MUST hosted a Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) delegation to discuss establishing the National Nuclear Fuel Resources Analytical Laboratory. The...

Petroleum House, Entebbe, July 2025: The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and UEDCL signed two Implementation Agreements under the Electricity Access Scale-Up Project to deliver over 900,000 new electricity connections. These...

Petroleum House, 1 August 2025: MEMD, with the World Bank, UECCC, and UEDCL, concluded a 10-day Implementation Support Mission for the Electricity Access Scale-Up Project (EASP). Chaired by Under Secretary Ms. Grace...

Amber House, Kampala, 2 September 2025: The Energy Resources Department (ERD), through its Clean Cooking Unit, in partnership with UECCC and supported by GIZ EnDev, hosted a roundtable with Rwanda’s Ministry of...