UMEME’s 20-year presence in Uganda’s power sector has been a journey of struggle and progress. When it took over electricity distribution in 2005, the sector was in crisis frequent blackouts, massive energy losses, and an inefficient...
As Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) officially takes over electricity distribution from Umeme, outgoing board chairman Patrick Bitature has tasked the new management board to prioritize a zero-tolerance policy on corruption in ensuring the new...
France has now been kicked out of more than 70 percent of African former colonies where it had a military presence since the end of her colonial rule in the 1960s and 70s.
The Italian government has named Uganda among the 23 African countries to receive part of the EUR 2.3 billion Development Support Fund from 2024 to 2026.