The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, has revealed that Uganda is set to generate at least 1,000 megawatts of nuclear energy come 2031.“We are looking at 50 percent renewable energy use, 40 per cent of which is going to be nuclear,” said Nankabirwa told the National Renewable Energy Conference that sat […]
The Minister of State for Finance Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, has told Parliament’s Committee on National Economy that the country continued to register growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in the past Financial Year (FY).“FDI inflows increased by 68.3 percent in 2022/23, largely hinged on the developments in the oil sector as […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), Proscovia Nabbanja, met with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi, to share progress on UNOC’s plan to be the sole supplier of petroleum products in the country.According to Nabbanja, UNOC intends to replace the current “Kenya open tender system,” such […]
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has lifted the suspension of works at the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube District, paving the way for the resumption of operations.The KFDA is operated by CNOOC Uganda. Recently, it’s operations were suspended by PAU after an accident claimed the life of one worker on the site.Ernest Rubondo, […]
An innovative solution to use artificial intelligence to identify optimal locations for the installation of Electric Vehicle charging points has won the premier ‘TotalEnergies Uganda rEVolution hackathon’.The solution presented by the TBKN team was announced winner at an awards ceremony recently held in Kampala.The ceremony marks the conclusion of a three-months hackathon challenge launched by […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Africa’s Lesedi Nuclear Services to develop its nuclear energy capacity.Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, presided over the MoU signing ceremony. She reaffirmed the government’s unwavering dedication to realizing its energy generation dream.“Nobody can deter us […]
Ugandans Amanya Jean Remmy from Hoima district, Musinguzi RONALD from Kikuube district and Nanyunja Hadijah from Kampala are the three luck beneficiaries who will travel to China to study a petroelum engineering course courtesy of CNOOC Uganda International Scholarship Program.Amanya, Musinguzi and Nanyunja pursue a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering at the China University of Petroleum-East […]
TotalEnergies EP Uganda and Light for the World (LftW) have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote equal, inclusive, and diverse employment for all qualified persons and to eliminate discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.Under the MoU, LftW, a global disability inclusion and development organization, will support TotalEnergies EP Uganda to streamline internal disability […]
Germany’s Ambassador to Uganda, Matthias Schauer, believes that Uganda’s idea of constructing a nuclear power plant is bad because of its potential threat to the population. Uganda is pursuing the idea of erecting a nuclear power plant in Buyende district, eastern Uganda so as to meet the country energy needs. While the idea is still […]
TotalEnergies EP Uganda has reached another key milestone on the Tilenga project – the achievement of 20 million man-hours without Lost Time Incidents (LTI).This significant industry milestone was achieved on August 10, 2023, exactly 226 days since the 10 million man-hour mark that was realized in January 2023.With safety at the core of its operations, […]
