President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that Uganda is ready to work with the government of Algeria to develop its energy sector.
Museveni, who on Thursday met a delegation from Algeria led by their Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr. Mohamed Arkab, who called on him at State House Entebbe, said that Uganda needs more support in key energy sectors now that the current target is 52,000 megawatts by 2050.
The meeting followed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed when President Museveni visited Algeria in March of this year, 2023.
Museveni thanked his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, for responding very well to the signed memoranda and noted that four areas were agreed upon.
“Uganda needs more support in solar power generation, wind power, geothermal, and nuclear in some other places now that Uganda is targeting to have 52,000 megawatts by 2050,” Museveni said.
The Algerian delegation, together with Uganda’s Energy Minister, also discussed the possibility of working with UNOC to develop the Kasurubani block near the central processing facility that is being constructed at Tilenga, and UNOC already has the license from the ministry.
Mr. Mohamed Arkab thanked President Museveni for agreeing to work with Algeria in the energy sector and described his engagement with Uganda’s energy ministry as fruitful.
“We have shared and discussed what you need. We’ll try to work on this commitment before the arrival of our technical teams next month in June,” Mr. Arkab said.
The two energy ministries discussed collaboration and partnerships in four (4) areas that included, among others, oil refineries, financing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and electricity generation.