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Yoweri Museven in his speech to the nation on 4 June ©DR

SpotlightMining 14/07/2020

Museveni ready to make financial concessions to promote iron and steel production

Oil & gas 10/07/2020

Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Drilling at Kigolole oilfield on the Lake Albert shoreline, Uganda ©Sven Torfinn/PANOS-REA

SpotlightBusiness 08/07/2020

Via Foday, BAIC and JMC, Xi Jinping lets African presidents launch 'domestic' car brands

Uganda Automobile factories will soon produce nationally branded cars. ©Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park

Diplomacy 03/07/2020

Wan Kuok-koi free rides on back of Chinese diplomacy

Wan Kuok-koi, a Chinese businessman with a chequered past in the gambling industry, is starting to make his presence felt in Uganda as a champion of Xi Jinping's One Belt, One Road initiative. [...]

SpotlightOil & gas 26/06/2020

Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

A Tullow Oil drilling site in Uganda on the shore of Lake Albert, in Kigogole. ©Sven Torfinn/PANOS-REA

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Mining 24/06/2020

Covid-19 delays search for Rio Tinto replacement on Kitgum Pader nickel and copper project

Australian mining junior Sipa Resources had planned to bring new investors into its Kitgum Pader nickel and copper project in Uganda as quickly as possible following Rio Tinto's withdrawal. Its plans have been delayed, however, by the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

Oil & gas 16/06/2020

Total unperturbed as it moves towards the second round of legal battle against NGOs

French major Total's Ugandan activities, which have come under attack from several environmental groups, will be examined afresh by a French court at the end of June. Total is about to become the sole major decision-marker on the Tilenga oil project and is behaving as if nothing was amiss. [...]

Mining 12/06/2020

Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

Jervois Mining's management is quietly working to win round key Ugandan private and public actors with the hope this will help it win a licence for the country's flagship project: the reboot of the Kilembe copper mine. [...]

Business Power 09/06/2020

IFC still in hot seat over Bujagali dam complaints

The World Bank's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman highlights IFC's delays in responding to labour rights violations during the build of the Dujagali hydropower plant. [...]

Oil & gas 02/06/2020

Armour faces $7.5m bill over Kanywataba block

Relations continue to sour between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government and Australian firm Armour Energy. [...]

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni needs to secure a final investment decision before the election of March 2021.

Spotlight Oil & gas 29/05/2020

Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

The Ugandan energy ministry is getting increasingly nervous about CNOOC's recent lack of commitment to developing the crude of Lake Albert. [...]

Mining 26/05/2020

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

India's Agrawal clan, which originally specialised in pharmaceuticals, has recruited former executives from the giant Copperbelt mining groups to run its new prospecting activities in DRC and Uganda. The work is to be carried out by Samta. [...]

Business 21/05/2020

Corporate contorsions of G4S and GardaWorld to protect US embassies

In Tanzania and Kenya, the two private security giants G4S and GardaWorld are performing elaborate contortions to win US diplomatic contracts. [...]

Mining 19/05/2020

Reprieve for International Tin Association in libel case

Kampala rejects complaint filed by a member of the tin industry body that has mines in Uganda. [...]

Mining 15/05/2020

Consolidated Africa finally sells Orom graphite but retains stake

Australia's Consolidated Africa, after nearly two years of seeking a buyer for its Orom graphite venture, has finally clinched the deal, taking out a 25% stake in the buyer as part of the agreement. [...]

Oil & gas 12/05/2020

Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

The Chinese major has already made its decision: it has no intention of leaving the way clear for its French rival. [...]

Oil & gas 07/05/2020

Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Deeply in the red, UNOC will struggle to pay its share of key projects. [...]

Pangolins are among the world's most trafficked animals. There is a large demand in Asia in Asia for its meat and the reputed medicinal properties of its scales.

Mining 30/04/2020

Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

The Chinese-owned Olsen East Africa, which first arrived in Uganda to breed pangolins, recently requested a new mining exploration permit. [...]

Un jet L-39 de l'Uganda People's Defence Air Force.

Business Defence 29/04/2020

Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Bulgarian defence equipment broker Ivaylo Jotov won the contract to restore Uganda's L-39 training and fighter jets but then subcontracted it to two subsidiaries of Ukrainian public sector conglomerate UkrOboronProm. [...]

Mining 29/04/2020

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only affecting the price of gold, it is also affecting the numbers of small miners involved in extracting it. [...]

Total chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné.

Spotlight Oil & gas 28/04/2020

How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

In between cancelled meetings, Total and Tullow Oil were able to prompt swift action from President Yoweri Museveni over the Lake Albert asset sale. Now all that remains to be seen is what CNOOC will decide to do. [...]

Business 28/04/2020

Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

The Kenyan supermarket chain Naivas has set into motion a plan to expand its business into the Great Lakes region alonsgide its new partners, the (IFC and Amethis (Edmond de Rothschild Group). [...]

Diplomacy 23/04/2020

Ugandan fatalities in Somalia hasten Amisom exit moves

Uganda is paying a high price for its involvement in the Amisom, adding to UPDF joint chief-of-staff Joseph Musanyufu's moves to prepare his withdrawal from the conflict. [...]

Oil & gas 21/04/2020

Museveni's Kabaale refinery project faces several stumbling blocks

Legal, fiscal, and health crises have thwarted the construction of Uganda's first oil refinery, which is supposed to go up on the shores of Lake Albert. [...]

Politics 10/04/2020

Yoweri Museveni plans to boost spending on the SOC, his praetorian guard

By providing for an increase in the presidency's budget, Yoweri Museveni is looking to increase the capacity of the special forces commanded by his son, General Kainerugaba. This presidential guard is a favourite instrument of political influence with his clan. [...]

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Museveni ready to make financial concessions to promote iron and steel production

Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Via Foday, BAIC and JMC, Xi Jinping lets African presidents launch 'domestic' car brands

Wan Kuok-koi free rides on back of Chinese diplomacy

Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Covid-19 delays search for Rio Tinto replacement on Kitgum Pader nickel and copper project

Total unperturbed as it moves towards the second round of legal battle against NGOs

Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

IFC still in hot seat over Bujagali dam complaints

Armour faces $7.5m bill over Kanywataba block

Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

Corporate contorsions of G4S and GardaWorld to protect US embassies

Reprieve for International Tin Association in libel case

Consolidated Africa finally sells Orom graphite but retains stake

Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

Ugandan fatalities in Somalia hasten Amisom exit moves

Museveni's Kabaale refinery project faces several stumbling blocks

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Museveni ready to make financial concessions to promote iron and steel production

Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

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Wan Kuok-koi free rides on back of Chinese diplomacy

Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Covid-19 delays search for Rio Tinto replacement on Kitgum Pader nickel and copper project

Total unperturbed as it moves towards the second round of legal battle against NGOs

Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

IFC still in hot seat over Bujagali dam complaints

Armour faces $7.5m bill over Kanywataba block

Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

Corporate contorsions of G4S and GardaWorld to protect US embassies

Reprieve for International Tin Association in libel case

Consolidated Africa finally sells Orom graphite but retains stake

Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

Ugandan fatalities in Somalia hasten Amisom exit moves

Museveni's Kabaale refinery project faces several stumbling blocks

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