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UGANDA–CHINA: EXPLORING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN CLEAN ENERGY. Hon. Hajjat Aminah Mukalazi @AminahMukalazi visited MingYang Solar Technology Co. Ltd in China to explore opportunities for supporting the company's plans to establish operations in Uganda and contribute to the country's growing energy sector. During the visit, she was taken on a guided tour of the company's facilities by its Chairman, Tommy, and Mr. Chen Haixun, the General Manager for Uganda. The tour provided an opportunity to appreciate the company's technological capabilities and explore potential areas of investment cooperation. MingYang Energy is a system integrator specialising in solar thermal, photovoltaic technology, energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, offering solutions that align with Uganda's ambitions to expand its clean energy capacity and diversify its energy mix. The engagement comes at a critical time when Uganda's installed electricity generation capacity stood at approximately 2,098 MW by the end of 2025, against the Government's long-term target of 52,000 MW by 2040. Achieving this ambition will require substantial investments in generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure to support industrialisation, urbanisation and the country's broader economic transformation under the 10X growth strategy. Uganda's energy sector also presents significant opportunities for clean energy investments. Hydropower currently accounts for approximately 85% of the country's electricity generation mix, reflecting the importance of renewable energy in the national power supply. The Government's long-term energy strategy recognises that a tenfold expansion of the economy will require significantly more reliable and affordable electricity. This includes expanding existing generation sources, strengthening transmission and distribution networks, and developing nuclear power to meet future industrial and domestic demand. Hon. Hajjat Aminah Mukalazi invited MingYang Solar Technology to fast-track its investment plans and consider establishing operations in Uganda, highlighting the country's substantial and growing demand for electricity, renewable energy technologies and energy storage solutions. She emphasised the importance of attracting investments that can expand Uganda's energy capacity, support local value addition, facilitate technology transfer, create employment opportunities and provide the reliable, competitively priced electricity required to power industrial growth. #InvestmentsUg | #LocalContentUg