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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 Jan 25, 2026

Large-Scale Mining Is Slowing Down Faster Than We Can Admit

By Kenneth Asiimwe A quiet but unstoppable shift is underway in global mining. Mega-projects are taking longer to launch, costing more to finance, and facing greater pushback to operate. This is not a temporary slump. It is a structural squeeze, and it is forcing the world to rethink how minerals wi…

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Mining Jan 23, 2026

The Case For Integrating ASMs Into Uganda’s EITI Framework

With donor budget support no longer guaranteed, Uganda continues to make deliberate moves to improve the performance of its extractive sectors to boost domestic revenue mobilization. Today, minerals and oil and gas are positioned as key sectors that must translate into broad-based economic activitie…

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Mining Jan 21, 2026

Why Uganda’s Oil, Mining Sectors Struggle To Achieve EITI Demands

When Uganda joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in August 2020, it chose to expose its most politically sensitive and economically consequential sectors to public scrutiny. Today the country has produced four EITI reports, with the latest covering the 2022/23 fiscal year.…

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Outlook Jan 10, 2026

How Uganda’s Energy Sectors Will Perform in 2026

By most accounts, 2026 will be a defining year for Uganda’s energy outlook. After two decades of anticipation following the discovery of commercially viable oil, Uganda is now firmly on course to produce its first barrel of crude oil in the third quarter of 2026. Both government and international oi…

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Mining Dec 23, 2025

Uganda ASMs Eye Better Fortunes With UNMC Partnership

Uganda’s artisanal and small scale miners (ASMs) will soon start having easier access to funding and markets, in addition to enjoying safer working conditions once their partnership with the Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) takes effect. These were the sentiments of Irene Bateebe, the Permanent…

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Oil & Gas Dec 15, 2025

Mugerwa: Joint Ventures A Must For Oil Sector Service Providers

As Uganda edges closer to first oil production, industry attention is beginning to shift from construction-heavy activities to the more technical demands of long-term production. This transition, experts warn, will fundamentally change the nature of jobs, services, and opportunities available to Uga…

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Oil & Gas Dec 12, 2025

How Oil Opportunities Have Reshaped Ugandan Firms’ Outlook

Local companies involved in Uganda’s oil and gas sector feel they have acquired enough experience to turn around the fortunes of Uganda’s economy. Speaking on a panel moderated by Jimmy Mugerwa, the Project Director, Industry Enhancement Centre (IEC), at the 6th Annual National Content Conference re…

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Electricity Dec 5, 2025

PM Nabbanja, Energy Ministry In Standoff Over UEDCL Management

A plan to undertake a performance review of the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (UEDCL), with a possibility of shaking up its management, has pitted Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja against her junior, Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa. The squabble, which comes nin…

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Oil & Gas Dec 4, 2025

$10m Remains Unpaid to Ugandan Oil Contractors, Says PAU

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda says the fact that 30% of the contracts that have been awarded in the oil and gas sector have gone to local companies is reason enough for the country to celebrate. Compared to older oil industries such as Nigeria’s, where it took years for local companies there to …

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