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Electricity access in Africa higher than previous estimates

Recent surges in home solar energy installations across Africa indicate that more people on the continent may have access to electricity than previously thought. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Emerging data is shedding new light on the electricity landscape in Africa, indicating the oft-cited statistics of those without power …

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Energy Minister inaugurates new power station for Eastern Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Sidronius Okaasai Opolot has inaugurated a new electricity substation in Mbale city. Last year, the government, under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development through the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), allocated sh3.2 billion to UMEME for the …

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Karuma now projected to start September 2024

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Karuma Hydroelectric Station, the largest power-generating installation in the country, will be finally ready for commissioning by September 2024, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has disclosed. Construction of the 600MW power station located in Kiryandongo District along the River Nile commenced in …

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Aceng begs for electricity for hospitals

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, has begged parliament to help connect hospitals to industrial power lines in another sign of neglect for the health sector. “The Ministry of Energy is aware. All the hospitals need three-phase transformers but are connected to one-phase transformers. My …

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Woman electrocuted in Buyende

Buyende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A woman was electrocuted in Buyende district Tuesday while drying her clothes on wire lines reportedly carrying electricity to her house. The deceased is 24-year-old Evelyn Namulondo, a resident of Iringa village in Nkondo sub-county. Eyewitnesses recounted hearing a loud blast before seeing Namulondo …

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Govt clears private investors in electricity transmission network

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General has approved a request by the Electricity Regulatory Authority– ERA to involve independent private investors in the electricity transmission network. Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako, the ERA’s Chief Executive Officer told URN that in the emerging markets of the Independent Power Transmission …

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School stuck with computer donation over lack of electricity

Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiryasaaka Muslim Secondary in Kibinge, Bukomansimbi district is struggling to conduct computer-based studies over the lack of electricity. The government supplied 40 computer sets to the school in 2021, to support the implementation of the new secondary school curriculum which made computer studies compulsory …

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