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Beyond the grid: How East Africa is navigating the path to rural electrification

This explainer is produced as part of ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to enhance communication channels, foster better engagement with stakeholders, and improve public awareness of renewable energy technologies. By Jeff Mbanga On Sunday, March 24, 2024, the West Nile district of Yumbe recorded scorching temperatures of 34 degrees Celsius. There was no […]

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Unpacking the productive use of off-grid solar in East Africa

This explainer is produced as part of ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to enhance communication channels, foster better engagement with stakeholders, and improve public awareness of renewable energy technologies. Highlights Off-grid solar energy systems are a solution to energy poverty and climate change. 70 million more people gained […]

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Background to the proposed Information and Communications Bill, 2022

By Kyetume Kasanga The government of Uganda is in the process of formulating a new legal framework for regulating the information and communications sector. A task force set up to lead the process is already working, with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance as the lead agency. Available information suggests that the government has […]

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How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to misinform and confuse

Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University The scientific method is rigorous. Claims and premises are supported with evidence. The peer review system is designed to ensure that research is scrutinised by experts before publication. And whenever researchers lack certainty, they’ll emphasise that “further research is necessary” to land on the truth. Unfortunately, fake science websites are learning […]

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Advocacy initiatives and policy reforms in extractive governance in Uganda

This report highlights the policy and advocacy hits and misses in Uganda’s oil, gas and mining (extractive) sector. The primary sources of information are documentary: reports by local and international civil society organisations (CSOs), journals, published research documents, media articles, academic documents. Secondary sources include interviews with media trainers, CSO actors, government officials, private sector […]

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Funding Uganda National Oil Company

This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights In December 2021, Parliament passed The Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, a law that governs how public money and resources are mobilised or collected, stored, dispensed […]

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An overview of Uganda’s new mining law 

Highlights Mining and Minerals Act, 2021, repeals the Mining Act, 2003. Introduces a competitive licensing regime for brownfields (existing mining projects) and retains first come, first served model for greenfields (new mining projects). A model mining agreement for large-scale mining businesses is introduced.  Prospecting, exploration, and retention licences are retained, and the location licence is […]

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Explainer – EITI: Why Ugandans should pay attention

This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an international standard that promotes openness around the management of oil, gas, and mineral resources. It requires the disclosure of […]

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