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Umeme’s Florence Nsubuga switches to new role as Berkeley Energy’s Uganda CEO

CEO ReporterCompany News Executive Profiles The Big Story Women In LeadershipNovember 23, 2023November 23, 2023

Florence Nakimbugwe Nsubuga, the long-serving Umeme Limited Chief Operating Officer, is leaving the the power distributor for a Country CEO role at Berkeley Energy Uganda Limited, CEO East Africa Magazine, can exclusively reveal. She assumes the role in February 2024. Berkeley Energy is a renewable energy and power engineering, construction, and investment company that focuses on developing markets. In Africa, it runs the Africa Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) which invests in small hydro, geothermal, solar, and biomass projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa. Through Maji Power Limited, a wholly-owned Ugandan subsidiary, Berkeley Energy is invested in the 16 MW…

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Umeme routes for plastic wash lines in communities for safety

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 4, 2022

A 30-year-old mother in Kabalagala sustained electric shocks and burns when she came into contact with an energised metallic wash line. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. In Jinja, a 15-year-old girl was electrocuted whilst hanging clothes on a metallic wash line that was energised by a live jointed cable attached to a metallic roof. These are some of many incidents of lives lost in slum areas as a result of coming into contact with energised metallic wash lines. This is usually as a result of hooking power or power theft by individuals who put lives of…

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Tooro Region gets Stable electricity supply as Umeme puts more investments

CEO ReporterCompany News News & AnalysisSeptember 27, 2021September 27, 2021

Uganda’s Tourism Fort Portal City is now assured of more reliable electricity supply after power distributor Umeme sinking investments in network improvement, building switching stations and installing new transformers in the area. Selestino Babungi, the managing director, told stakeholders during the opening of the $200,000 state-of-the-art new regional service centre over the weekend that the company was moving ahead of the electricity demand in the region to create opportunities. “Fort Portal and this region as whole, has so many opportunities as a new city which require building infrastructure to support the growth. We have gone ahead to work with key…

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