Infrastructure
Kampala Storage Terminal
Ticking bomb in Mpigi: a 320-million-litre oil terminal beside an open-air landfill
A $310mn petroleum terminal meant to bolster Uganda's fuel security rises in Mpigi beside an open-air landfill mired in legal dispute
Uganda’s oil company ditches equity partner for its biggest terminal yet
A $309.7mn fuel terminal outside Kampala signals a shift in how Uganda's state oil company funds strategic energy infrastructure
Lamu Oil Refinery
East Africa’s pipeline politics repeat themselves in the refinery race
Uganda and Tanzania's new Tanga energy hub follows Kenya's win of the Dangote refinery, extending east Africa's rivalry
Uganda gets $252.8mn road construction loan from African Development Bank
Roads, both to international borders, will help connect rural areas and facilitate regional integration
Uganda seeks $146mn Chinese loan for national fibre-optic project
China also funded the first three phases of the national fibre-optic backbone infrastructure project
Mahathi Infra Uganda secures investment from the Africa Finance Corporation
Investment by the Lagos-based multilateral development finance institution will bring the Lake Victoria fuel transportation project closer to completion
Africa’s free-trade area: removing tariffs not enough to unlock growth
Tariffs – which are already low – are not the main impediment to continental trade, faster industrialisation, and structural transformation in Africa
Getting the right institutions in place to run Africa’s rapidly growing cities
Historically, cities have been the drivers of productivity and engines of economic growth. But urbanisation in many sub-Saharan African countries is not delivering the benefits of people and firms clustering together