Bujagali Falls

An acute electricity crisis impacted the livelihoods of millions of Ugandans and threatened the country's development.

Hospitals, schools, businesses, and residences suffered daily power shortages, which have stunted Uganda's economic growth by an estimated one percent of the country's gross domestic product.

The Bujagali project is a 200MW hydropower[1] facility on the Victoria Nile in Uganda that will help address the country's energy crisis.

The project supports Uganda's broader development strategy, which focuses in large part on improving the investment climate to promote growth and reduce poverty.

Others say the costly dam's power will not meet the needs of the vast majority of the country's population, will drown a sacred waterfall, and could do further harm to Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake.