Electricity in Uganda Archives

16 years of investment and service, big electricity users, applaud Umeme for improved reliability- but like Oliver Twist, they want more, for less

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & Markets News & Analysis The Big StoryNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021

Roofings Group―the Strength of a Nation, as they love to call themselves, is Uganda’s largest steel and construction products maker and certainly one of the largest in East and Central…

Deconstructing the myth of power tariffs

CEO ReporterThe Big Story Thought LeadershipJune 30, 2021July 1, 2021

By Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka In the State of the Nation address of June 04th 2021, H.E. the President stated that ‘the cost of electricity is distorted by mistakes committed by…

UEGCL: A leader in ERA’s quest to sustainably and reliably generate least-cost electricity to feed Uganda’s growth agenda

CEO ReporterCompany News The Big Story Thought LeadershipJune 10, 2021June 13, 2021

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited was incorporated in 2001 initially with the main objective to take over assets transferred to from the then Uganda Electricity Board (UEB); the 180 MW…

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: This is what we know about Joan Mutiibwa, the Acting CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency

CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020

The Minister of Energy and Minerals Development, Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu on Thursday 10th July appointed Eng. Joan Mutiibwa as the Ag. Executive Director for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the…