Last mile electrification support project

About this project

Despite the enormous potential for deployement of renewable energy sources in the country and a current generation capacity surplus exceeding 500MW, over 20 million of Ugandans (45% of the total population) lack access to clean and affordable energy. The action specific objective is therefore to contribute to increase the number of peopleand businesses using sustainable, clean and affordable energy services in the country, in particular in rural areas with attention for women. . By doing so it is expected to enable conditions for sustainable economic growth and employment in Uganda(general objective). The action will try to address problems such as the lack of investment on the transmission and distribution network and limited access to finances for deployment of decentralized solutions in a cost-effective manner. To attain the objectives, the action will support a combination of grid extension to rural and peri-urban areas nationwide, last mile connection and provision of off-grid solutions in far to reach areas, in particular several islands in Lake Victoria. The action is expected to provide around 50 000 new connections benefiting around 250 000 people. A thousand (1000) micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) together with some 110 social institutions such as health centres and schools are also due to benefit from access to reliable and sustainable electricity. By increasing access to energy in rural areas the action is expected to sustain the creation of busine…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Solar energy for isolated grids and standalone systemsElectric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids)

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focus

Places

UG - Uganda

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-60639.

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