Clean Energy

For many families living in refugee-hosting communities, access to clean and affordable energy remains a challenge. Yet, through the work of community sales agents, clean energy solutions are…

In Kerwa and Omugo in Uganda’s West Nile region, two farmers are using solar water pumps to keep crops watered when rain is scarce, grow food for their households and earn income for their children’s…

Even when Eunice is working in her garden, customers call to ask for cold water or soft drinks. She returns to her shop to serve them. For the shopkeeper in Siripi, in Uganda’s West Nile region,…

Renewable energy must be brought closer to communities

Uganda’s electricity subsector is caught in a governance paradox. While generation capacity has expanded to over 2,000 MW and national grid coverage has grown steadily over the past decade, service…

Are the proposed tax reforms practical and implementable with the current systems? What should be prioritised with the current tax systems and what should be prioritised next?These were some of the…

In many rural communities across Uganda, women and girls bear the sole responsibility for collecting firewood a daily task that often exposes them to danger. In Northern Uganda, they are frequently…

IntroductionProductive Use of Energy (PUE) refers to the application of energy—especially clean and renewable energy—to power income-generating and livelihood-enhancing activities. It goes beyond…

“My name is Georgette Nibigira, a 31 year old resident of Kisura Zone in Nakivale Settlement in South West Uganda in Isingiro district. Together with my husband and three children, I had to flee to…

Albert Maniragalula is a 35 year old Burudian National who migrated to Uganda in 2016 after his parents and most of his relatives were killed. ‘’After loosing my parents, I knew I wasn’t going to…