• World Bank Board Discusses Inspection Panel Report

• Bujagali Named 'Africa Power Deal of the Year' by Project Finance Magazine - March 13, 2008

• Bujagali Reaches Financial Close

• IFC Provides Financing and Construction Begins on World Bank Group-Supported Bujagali Hydropower Project - August 22, 2007

• Ugandan President, Aga Khan Break Ground on Bujagali - August 21, 2007

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An acute electricity crisis is impacting the livelihoods of millions of Ugandans and threatens the country’s development. Hospitals, schools, businesses, and residences suffer daily power shortages, which have stunted Uganda ’s economic growth by an estimated one percent of the country’s gross domestic product.…More

 

The World Bank is working with Uganda to develop projects that support the country's energy sector strategy and that address its acute energy crisis in the short, medium, and long term. The proposed Bujagali Hydropower project is part of a larger effort to support the revitalization of Uganda's power distribution system...More