UGANDA: Seven Recommendations After the Final Investment Decision

Source: Natural Resource Governance Institute On Tuesday 1 February 2022, the project’s joint venture partners, TotalEnergies, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), announced that … Read More

Oil and Gas Industry should host African Energy Week to Outline Agenda for Support of Our Oil and Gas Industry ahead of COP26

Africa Oil Week’s move to Dubai, and away from its home in Cape Town, is wrong, short-term in its thinking, and sends a negative message about Africa. The move underestimates … Read More

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Will Disenfranchise Local Communities in Uganda & Tanzania

By Charity Migwi of 350Africa.org, Edwin Mumbere of the Center for Citizens Conserving (CECIC) and Evelyn Acham of the Rise Up Movement The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is … Read More

Energy Transformation in Southern Africa Boosted by New IRENA Agreement with SACREEE

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to work together … Read More

IRENA and African Development Bank partner to scale up renewable energy investments in Africa

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the African Development Bank have agreed to jointly support investment in low carbon energy projects, a move expected to advance Africa’s energy transition. The two … Read More

G20 Energy Ministers Strive for Sustainable Development and Market Stability

HE Yury Sentyurin, Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) participated in the G20 Energy Ministerial Meeting and reaffirmed its commitment to greater international cooperation in ensuring the … Read More

Renewable Energy Can Be Strengthened in Next Round of Climate Negotiations

Nationally Determined Contributions under Paris Agreement must reflect growing business case and global momentum for renewables  Countries have an opportunity to significantly increase renewable energy ambition within Nationally Determined Contributions … Read More