Ugandan youths told to forget about Oil Jobs

Forgetting about jobs in a country where 62% of the youths are jobless, is the kind of news that many will resent but a reality that has to be faced. Such was the kind of message that Uganda Oil and Gas sector players were sending out to the participants of a workshop organised by the

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Environmental Management is key to managing Uganda’s oil- NEMA Executive Director

The Executive Director of the National Environmental Management Authority, Dr. Tom Okurut has said environmental management is a key factor in the development of Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector, Resource Management and Financial Management being the other key elements in the sector. While speaking at 1st Petroleum Industry Environmental Management Conference held at Speke Resort

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Zambia picks interest in Uganda’s oil refinery

Zambia wants more information about Uganda’s plans to build a 60,000-bpd oil  refinery that’s already attracted interest from four regional neighbors. The southern African country “has asked for more information” about the plant, Ugandan Energy Minister Irene Muloni says. Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have expressed interest, she says. “Each of the countries will be offered

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UN Women and Publish What You Pay launch gender toolkit that seeks to empower women in the extractives sector

UN Women and Publish What You Pay (PWYP), a global coalition campaigning for an open extractive sector have launched a toolkit “Extracting Equality – A Guide”, which examines how to approach the issue of gender within the extractive sector. Written by PWYP and UN Women, along with experts working on gender and the extractives worldwide, the

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