In a bid to alleviate energy poverty and enhance access to clean energy solutions, Energising Development (EnDev) Uganda, in collaboration with Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), has unveiled a groundbreaking Demand Side Results-Based Financing project.

Uganda, a land of lush greenery, majestic wildlife, and vibrant communities, is feeling the heat – quite literally! But why is this happening, and what can we do to turn down the temperature? Let’s dive into the sizzling story of Uganda’s rising heat and discover some ‘cool’ solutions!

As the world grapples with the ever-intensifying impacts of climate change, East Africa stands at a critical juncture, facing both challenges and opportunities in adapting to a rapidly changing climate. With 2024 upon us, experts have been examining the latest data and trends to provide insights into what the future may hold for this region.

When we joined the JamLab Accelerator Programme in July 2023, one of the challenges was turning our popular and pioneer climate change podcast into revenue. This was on the backdrop of research that most content consumers find climate change a flat and boring topic, so they not only consume it less. Now imagine asking them to pay for it.

Every year around the Christmas holidays, the Lwera swamp section of the Kampala-Masaka route experiences high traffic volumes. As motorists mock the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) for failing to propose a long-term solution for more than seven years, the sight of cars stopped for hours across this Lake Victoria wetland has become a meme.

Ajina Amuga, 66, sits on the ground outside her home in a village in Okere, in the Otuke District in northern Uganda. The mother of six and grandmother of five holds baby Ajina, her one-year-old granddaughter and namesake, on her hip. She looks at her garden, a few feet away, and thinks about how things used to be different. “It’s afternoon, and we haven’t started the fire yet, because we don’t know…” Ajina says, trailing off.

A myriad of promises were made, and all the red carpets were pulled out for the dignitaries, but many missed the main objective that was achieved: Amalgamating the continent’s position on the current climate crisis ahead of COP 28 in Dubai.

KAMPALA - A recent study titled “Climate Change in Africa: Are Africans Sleepwalking to Disaster?” conducted by Africa No Filter has unveiled startling revelations about the continent’s climate change discourse. The research aimed to decode online conversations surrounding climate change in Africa by examining mainstream African news sources, Twitter discussions, and Google searches from October 2020 to September 2021.

Justine Tumushabe, a 53-year-old widow in Kashenyi Village, Ishaka Division in Bushenyi District, has been using firewood for cooking for as long as she can remember. On a gloomy Monday afternoon following a rainy morning, she is up and about on the nearby farm gathering some dry wood, dry enough to light a fire so she can prepare lunch.

Lying on the outskirts of Thika, 65 kilometres from Kenya’s capital city is a sight to behold. Kenya’s second largest river, The Athi River, pours into fourteen successive waterfalls as it winds its way down towards the Kenyan coast. The falls are known to members of the local kikuyu community as ‘Thagana’ which translates to ‘the place of great noise’ in reference to the sound the water makes as it goes down the different gorges.