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Putin to play a hand in Museveni's refinery saga

Keen on gaining influence in Africa as he has in the Middle East and Europe, Russian president Vladimir Putin has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.12.2016

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The generals' parallel business dealings

After military and other security services officers defrauded BMP Poland - a Warsaw-based supplier of arms and equipment for police and armed forces - of €550,000 the government has begun to investigate the business dealings which security services conduct to [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.12.2016

Solar energy to fill electricity network gaps

Kampala wants to give 400,000 rural homes access to electricity. This could be a windfall for energy sector players.

Subscribers only Business 09.12.2016

Colas teams up with Israeli firm

The French construction company has set up a joint-venture to expand its road-building activities and develop the sales of its products.

Subscribers only Business 09.12.2016

Museveni targeting 300,000 t of fertilizer output in 2018

Experts and engineers hired by China’s Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Co (GDEG) to build a plant to transform phosphates into [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.12.2016

Chill sets in between Kampala and Beijing

According to our information, the deputy speaker of Uganda’s parliament, Edward Ssekandi, travelled to Beijing in early November to sign [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2016

General Electric ready to take over from Umeme

The national energy company is going through turbulence and could relinquish part of the market to a US electricity company.

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2016

Erias Lukwago preparing post-Museveni era

The mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago could well be the winner in the tug of war among the NRM executive. [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2016

Mark Lindley-Highfield in the service of the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom

Mark Lindley-Highfield, a Scottish anthropologist, has just entered the Centre for the Study of the Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Africa [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2016

I & M Bank counts on EIB

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will soon set up a [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2016

Ugandan firm EzeeMoney arrives in Maputo

EzeeMoney, a Ugandan company specialising in transferring funds mainly by [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2016

Kilembe’s copper: Tibet Hima still some way to go

Although Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) gave a thumbs-up to an environmental impact study submitted by Tibet Hima Mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Cnooc and Total make Museveni back down on pipeline

Short of money, the country’s leader has been forced to agree to new oil company demands.

Free access Energy 15.11.2016

All-powerful Kaliisa loses job to Stephen Isabalija

After serving for over 20 years as secretary-general at Uganda’s energy ministry, Fred Kaliisa Kabagambe was finally evicted and replaced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Russians tip-toe back to refinery project

According to our sources, Andrey Kozenyashev, the East Africa representative [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Ecolog intent on roping in all of East Africa’s oil producers

The United Arab Emirates logistics firm Ecolog has pulled out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

World Bank applies pressure in fight against corruption

Since the end of October, the international donors have frozen no less than 13 projects in Uganda, valued at almost [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2016

Kampala wants to combat organised crime in South Sudan

According to police sources, the head of Flying Squad Special Operations Command, Nixon Ayesigire, should deploy 500 of his men [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2016

Kampala accuses Total of sabotaging its pipeline

Storm warning on relations between the Ugandan government and the French major oil company Total! According to our sources, Kampala [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2016

NRM’s funding destabilises the banks

In making the banking sector fund his party NRM, President Yoweri Museveni started a storm in the system that could [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2016

Museveni put the spies on Besigye's camp

Yoweri Museveni ordered his intelligence services to work together to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2016

Africa Gold Refinery believes in its official launch in December

The CEO of Africa Gold Refinery (AGR) in Uganda, Alain [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2016

Acacia Mining eyes gold opportunities in Mubende

Thinking for the past year of setting up shop in Uganda (AMI 357), the British gold producer Acacia Mining dispatched [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Total in the market for sub-contractors

Having received a green light from Uganda’s government in August [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2016

Catalyst Principal Partners continues making inroads

The firm Catalyst Principal Partners (CPP) is about to launch [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.10.2016

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Uganda

Putin to play a hand in Museveni's refinery saga

Spotlight
The generals' parallel business dealings

Solar energy to fill electricity network gaps

Colas teams up with Israeli firm

Museveni targeting 300,000 t of fertilizer output in 2018

Chill sets in between Kampala and Beijing

General Electric ready to take over from Umeme

Erias Lukwago preparing post-Museveni era

Mark Lindley-Highfield in the service of the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom

I & M Bank counts on EIB

Ugandan firm EzeeMoney arrives in Maputo

Kilembe’s copper: Tibet Hima still some way to go

Cnooc and Total make Museveni back down on pipeline

All-powerful Kaliisa loses job to Stephen Isabalija

Russians tip-toe back to refinery project

Ecolog intent on roping in all of East Africa’s oil producers

World Bank applies pressure in fight against corruption

Kampala wants to combat organised crime in South Sudan

Kampala accuses Total of sabotaging its pipeline

NRM’s funding destabilises the banks

Museveni put the spies on Besigye's camp

Africa Gold Refinery believes in its official launch in December

Acacia Mining eyes gold opportunities in Mubende

Total in the market for sub-contractors

Catalyst Principal Partners continues making inroads

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Uganda

Putin to play a hand in Museveni's refinery saga

Spotlight The generals' parallel business dealings

Solar energy to fill electricity network gaps

Colas teams up with Israeli firm

Museveni targeting 300,000 t of fertilizer output in 2018

Chill sets in between Kampala and Beijing

General Electric ready to take over from Umeme

Erias Lukwago preparing post-Museveni era

Mark Lindley-Highfield in the service of the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom

I & M Bank counts on EIB

Ugandan firm EzeeMoney arrives in Maputo

Kilembe’s copper: Tibet Hima still some way to go

Cnooc and Total make Museveni back down on pipeline

All-powerful Kaliisa loses job to Stephen Isabalija

Russians tip-toe back to refinery project

Ecolog intent on roping in all of East Africa’s oil producers

World Bank applies pressure in fight against corruption

Kampala wants to combat organised crime in South Sudan

Kampala accuses Total of sabotaging its pipeline

NRM’s funding destabilises the banks

Museveni put the spies on Besigye's camp

Africa Gold Refinery believes in its official launch in December

Acacia Mining eyes gold opportunities in Mubende

Total in the market for sub-contractors

Catalyst Principal Partners continues making inroads

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
The generals' parallel business dealings