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Uganda's Oil Production Timeline: What to Expect in 2026 and Beyond

With the long-awaited Final Investment Decision behind us, Uganda's oil sector is entering a critical phase of infrastructure development.

Jane Atim · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read

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Mining Jul 27, 2025

Delayed Regulations Hurting Growth Of Uganda’s Mining Sector

Passed in October 2022, Uganda’s new Mining and Minerals Act was meant to jump-start the country’s ambitious journey towards becoming a competitive mining destination. However, today the Act is yet to be fully operationalized as most supporting regulations are still under development – putting on ho…

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Mining Jul 24, 2025

CSOs: Uganda Must Clean Up Mining Sector To Achieve Growth Ambitions

Civil society organisations under the Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas (CSCO) have expressed reservations about Uganda’s ability to generate significant revenue from the mining and minerals sector as projected in the draft for the second Domestic Revenue Mobilization Strategy (DRMS). The DRMS …

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Mining May 30, 2025

BoU Set To Announce Gold Suppliers

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) is expected to reveal the prequalified bidders for its gold purchasing program soon. According to the bid notice published in April, the evaluation process was meant to take ten (10) working days from the bid closing date of May 7, 2025. Prequalified bidders are those who ha…

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Mining Apr 27, 2025

How Uganda Is Boosting Its Minerals Sector To Achieve Tenfold Growth Target

Investing in infrastructure like roads and electricity is one of the ways the Uganda government is ensuring the country realizes maximum benefits from its extractives (minerals and oil and gas), according to Joseph Enyimu, the Ag. Commissioner Economic Development, Policy and Research Department at …

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Mining Apr 27, 2025

Why Africa Must Add Value To Its Minerals Amidst Global Energy Transition

In making a case for critical minerals in an interview with the BBC, Dr Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Canada said, “They are the foundation of the 21st Century economy. They are key to renewable energy, military applications and industrial infrastructur…

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Mining Apr 16, 2025

Blencowe Awarded New Exploration Licenses, Seeks To Succeed Where Sipa Failed

UK firm Blencowe Resources is making a second attempt at a nickle-copper project in northern Uganda, with the company hoping that its previous experience in the area will spring good tidings this time round. The government of Uganda has awarded Consolidated African Resources – the trading name that …

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Mining Apr 1, 2025

Banaga-Baingi Appointed Uganda National Mining Company CEO

After serving in acting capacity for several months, Dr. Gerald Banaga-Baingi has now been officially appointed the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly formed Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC), after beating a number of applicants to the key position. His tenure will take effect fro…

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Mining Mar 28, 2025

Australia’s eMetals Targets Busia Gold Project

Australia’s eMetals Limited has kicked off its exploration campaign at a potential gold deposit area in Busia district, which is close to Uganda’s eastern border with Kenya, the company announced today. The company says it recently collected soil samples from the area and sent them to a laboratory i…

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Mining Mar 23, 2025

EU, Germany Offer €6m To Support Uganda’s Mining As Critical Minerals’ Demand Increases

The European Union Delegation to Uganda (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have put up €6.25 million to support Uganda’s mining industry, under a project called Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector in Uganda (SDMU). The 33 months project that…

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