Day 18 – Meet with BUDS-ERT, the Norw. Embassy and UNREA

Was picked up by the driver 07.45. The 15min drive to pick up Henry took us an hour (traffic) and we were already late for our first meeting of the day… Not good for my now soaked shirt.

Anyway, we were apologised, and the meeting with Mr. Geoffery Ssebuggwawo, director at the Energy for Rural Transformation branch of Private Sector Foundation Uganda, i.e. BUDS-ERT, turned out to be very informative and fruitful.

Next meeting was at the Embassy and the Energy Councellor, Kristin T. Wæringsaasen. She has also had positions at Norad and Norfund. We were briefed about the current situation of fund holdback, due corruption. Good news is that it was the Ugandian monitoring setup which itself discovered the corruption.

Kristin also briefed us about the latest programs and develpments in Uganda, especilly those which contribution from Norwegian companies.

The rest of the afternoon/evening was used to explore the availability of renewable energy products in the local markets. Prices are coming down, but what about the quality!?

We also met with the exclusive Bboxx representative of Uganda. A facinating concept!