Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and the Nuclear Business Platform will host the Africa Nuclear Business Platform 2023 (AFNBP 2023) in Kampala from Tuesday, Match 14 to Friday, March 17, 2023.
Over 300 stakeholders from the international nuclear community are expected to converge at Speke Resort, Munyonyo.
AFNBP 2023 will bring together the key stakeholders pursuing nuclear energy implementation to understand and discuss nuclear energy developments in Africa and explore areas of strategic collaborations to move Uganda and African countries’ nuclear industry forward.
The President of Uganda, H.E. General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and the Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Chudakov, are expected to grace the event which would feature ministers and senior officials from various countries running nuclear programmes, industry players and nuclear technology vendors.
Addressing journalists last Thursday, the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Dr Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu said the Conference presents an excellent opportunity to Uganda particularly, and the African continent in general, to find suitable approaches to challenges in the nuclear industry.
Currently, seven sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, have committed to having nuclear energy as part of their energy mix between 2030 and 2037.
The other countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia.
She said these countries have developed national positions on having nuclear energy and have engaged with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assist in their nuclear power programmes.
Ongoing activities in the countries include site selections, drafting nuclear laws and regulations, establishing dedicated nuclear organizations and developing strategic cooperation with key global nuclear nations such as the USA, South Korea, China, France and Russia.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com