Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement paving the way for the construction of a crude oil pipeline running from Ugandan oilfields to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.

French international oil company (IOC), Total SA, and the Ugandan government have managed to navigate previous issues, giving the green light for a final investment decision (FID) for a crude export pipeline.

The Egypt Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development signed an agreement to establish a 4MW solar power plant in Uganda.

In the next two years, the fuel pump prices in Uganda will substantially decrease if the $94m water transport project becomes reality.

Uganda is going to sign two oil production sharing agreements with a Nigerian firm today, enabling the company to begin exploration work.

Tanzania and Uganda launched the tendering of the Tanga-homia oil pipeline to select contractors.

Uganda and Tanzania signed an agreement to regulate the framework for the construction of the $3.55b crude export pipeline that will link the two countries.

Uganda shortlisted four companies from which it intends to select the bid winner to construct the the country's $4.27b oil refinery project.

Uganda's developmental plans in the petroleum sector cover a 24-inche 1445-kilometer crude oil pipeline, an oil refinery in Hoima, amid other facilities that are expected to be launched by the end of 2017.

Uganda’s Energy Minister, Irene Muloni, announced the government’s plan to construct a unitary pipeline worth $3.35b to transport the country's crude oil from Hoima to Tanzania’s Tanga Port.