Bujagali Falls
Bujagali Falls (also spelled Budhagali) was a waterfall near Jinja, Uganda, Jinja in Uganda where the Nile River comes out of Lake Victoria, sometimes considered the source of the Nile. Starting November 2011, the falls were submerged by the new Bujagali Dam. Dam 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 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 ...
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Bujagali
Bujagali may refer to: * Bujagali Falls, waterfalls on the Victoria Nile that were submerged in 2011 when Bujagali Power Station was built * Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station, 250 megawatt hydro power plant, the largest power station in Uganda between 2012 and 2018 * Bujagali Energy Limited, Special Purpose Vehicle company that owns and operates Bujagali Power Station {{disambig ...
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