Solar panels the maternity wing of Bihanga Health Center III, in Buhweju district

Fredrick Mugira , September 30, 2021

  • Half of Ugandans live in areas served by the national hydroelectric power grid.
  • Hydropower is the dominant energy source in the country and several other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Sales of off-grid solar-powered refrigerators, vital in providing health services such as keeping vaccines cold, also remain low in Uganda.
  • Government visions that by 2040 every Ugandan should have access to power. And about 30 percent of this is expected to come from solar.