Irene Batebe Archives – CEO East Africa

EACOP gets unwavering support from China’s Xi Jinping as Chinese lenders indicate willingness to finance oil pipeline

by Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024

Chinese lenders are open and willing to discuss financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Zhang Lizhong, has told Uganda’s President…

SPECIAL REPORT: The state of Uganda’s oil and gas sector in 2024

by Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & Analysis The Big StoryFebruary 5, 2024February 5, 2024

2024 will be a defining year for Uganda’s oil sector with several investment deals to be inked as the oil project nears its first oil in 2025. Noteworthy is that…

PROFILE: 15 years in the energy ministry; two MScs- in Advanced Chemical Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering, Uganda couldn’t have gotten a better PS for the energy ministry

by CEO ReporterThe Big StoryAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021

Ms. Irene P. Batebe, the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) is a former Commissioner/Midstream in the Directorate of Petroleum in the Ministry of…

Energy Minister to the youth: Get the necessary skills for Oil & Gas jobs

by CEO ReporterThe Big StoryAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021

The Ugandan Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa has called on the youths to take advantage of different training projects and acquire skills needed to get jobs in…