Tag Archives: solar

    Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  When Polland Food Centre opened its doors in 2025, the aroma of sizzling delicacies filled the air. But behind the scenes, another scent lingered: stubborn smoke from traditional charcoal stoves that were quietly burning through profits. Like many fast-growing restaurants, Polland found itself …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has urged education institutions to adopt renewable energy solutions as a practical way to cut rising operational costs. The call was made by Stanbic Bank energy financing specialists on the second day of the bank’s inaugural regional business forums, which was …

Lira, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | In Boroboro Parish, Gwengbar area of Lira City, Dopla Tree Nurseries has grown from a small backyard enterprise into a significant local supplier of tree seedlings. The transformation has been driven by the adoption of solar-powered irrigation, enabling the business to increase production while …

  African electricity systems are moving beyond state-owned utility models as governments increasingly rely on private capital to build new generation, storage, and grid infrastructure. This is creating more diversified power markets while redefining the role of utilities across the continent.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African electricity …

  Mbale, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | High in the rolling hills of Mbale District, Kilulu B Village is witnessing a quiet but powerful revolution, one powered not by politics or pipelines but by sunlight. At the centre of this transformation are Local Council I Chairperson Simon Malenje and his …

  Across Africa, engineers and entrepreneurs are redesigning renewable energy to withstand weak infrastructure, limited financing, and unpredictable conditions   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | In the northern reaches of Uganda, where the road from the provincial capital, Gulu, stretches toward the South Sudan border and the landscape opens into wide, …

The development forms part of MTN Group’s “Project Zero” programme, launched in 2021, which targets net-zero emissions by 2040 in line with the Paris Agreement Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has unveiled a solar power system at its Kampala headquarters, as the telecoms group deepens its push …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  Across the deserts in northwest China, where the sun blazes and the winds never relent, those forces that people once had to endure are now powering a new source of wealth. “We used to hide from them,” said Qi Pengxiao, now in his 80s. He arrived …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua |  Tanzania on Saturday launched a solar electrification project targeting 120 islands across eight regions bordering major lakes and the Indian Ocean. The initiative aims to install 20,000 solar home systems at a total cost of 8 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 3.2 million U.S. dollars). …

  European Union and UNICEF partnership delivers sustainable water access, ending daily three-kilometre treks for refugees KIRYANDONGO, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two new solar hybrid piped water supply systems are transforming daily life for thousands of refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, ending years of exhausting water collection treks and long …