Energy and Extractives Update

Masindi, 19 September 2025: During the International Youth Day Celebrations, Mr. Oketch Lazarus from the Energy Resources Department (ERD) demonstrated an Electric Pressure Cooker (EPC) to H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The...

Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, 29 July 2025: Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, joined UK High Commissioner H.E. Lisa Chesney and Baroness Verma at Breaking Barriers to Trade Uganda, hosted...

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...