The project, developed at St. Kizito High School Namugongo, forms part of a broader Green Innovations Park integrated into the school’s curriculum. It brings together hydroponics, renewable energy, food preservation and small-scale processing, allowing students to move from growing crops to storing and adding value to them within the same system.

The project, which is supported by a 60 percent subsidy from the European Union, will provide German-manufactured solar irrigation pumps and kits from Lorentz. The equipment will be distributed and installed by Akvo International, alongside farmer training and technical support.

Fishermen at Kamuwunga Landing Site in Kalungu District have urged the government to scale up the innovative water-hyacinth electricity generation project to additional landing sites, saying the initiative is already transforming livelihoods and should benefit all fishing communities affected by the invasive weed.

The newly launched grants are expected to accelerate innovation, support young researchers, and ultimately strengthen Uganda’s capacity to adapt to climate change while safeguarding national food security.

The new solar-powered system, implemented by the Ministry of Water and Environment through Nexus Green Limited, now serves over 5,000 people across seven villages, pumping up to 257.9 cubic meters of water per day via 36 solar panels.

The Shs 653.3 million (€161,000) Lulikoyo-Agwara ‘A’ irrigation project, co-funded by the Government of Uganda and UK Export Finance and implemented through Nexus Green Limited, initially faced skepticism from residents due to past concerns over land acquisition in the mineral-rich Osukuru hills region.

Nexus Green Limited, a UK-based renewable energy company, is on track to deliver 450 solar-powered water and irrigation systems across Uganda by the end of 2025. By enabling modern irrigation across more than 4,500 acres, the project is shifting agricultural practices from rain- dependent subsistence to year-round production.

The innovative solar-diesel hybrid systems were completed in just three months, from July to October 2025, and are already serving populations in Clusters C and G of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, which hosts approximately 165,000 refugees who have fled insecurity in South Sudan and Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.