The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) through the National Renewable Energy Platform (NREP) in conjunction with UNREEEA and Makerere University Business School (MUBS) with support from AMEA POWER organized a workshop bringing together experts from Energy, Legal, Development, Business and Finance sectors to explore ways in which students and early career professionals can acquire vital skills to exploit opportunities within the clean energy space.
It was encouraging to note that MUBS is working on including renewable energy short courses within its curriculum for example Energy Costing, Energy Storage and others. With these short courses running for a maximum of about six (6) months, only Certificates of Attendance will be issued upon completion.
Students need to be highly verstile and show interest in renewable energy by surrounding themselves with active players within the clean energy sector like UNREEEA, USEA among others as these provide opportunities to tap into, said Eng. Ssonko Ismail, ABB Ltd.
Eng. Simon Ssekitoleko, Asst. Commissioner of Renewable Energy pointed out that government recognises the significant role played by renewable energy in achieving its target of 3500MW by 2023 and therefore encourages renewable energy-related dialogues to further advance the production and uptake of RE in Uganda.