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Uganda

Change in Ownership FRES Uganda

Change in ownership FRES Uganda The Foundation for Rural Energy Services (FRES) – a charity foundation in The Netherlands –…

Uganda

Looking Back at FRES Uganda’s Successfully Completed Key Projects in 2023

In September 2023, FRES Uganda Limited celebrated the successful completion of three major projects that have significantly impacted rural communities…

Uganda

FRES Uganda Launches Innovative Mini-Grid Project with Vittoria Technology and Avsi Foundation to Electrify Dairy Cooperatives and Surrounding Communities

Exciting news! Together with partners Vittoria Technology and Avsi Foundation we are launching a new mini grid project in Uganda,…

Uganda

Ratidzo Makoni Appointed as New FRES Chief Operation Officer & Chief Financial Officer

The Supervisory Board of the Foundation Rural Energy Services has appointed Ratidzo Makoni as its new Chief Operation Officer &…

Uganda

40% women in FRES top management positions

Meet the women of FRES! We are proud that 40% of all our top positions are occupied by women. FRES…

Uganda

Sharing experience during the FRES Annual Company Week 2022

The FRES Annual Company Week 2022 this week in Mbarara, Uganda brought together the management teams of our four solar…

Mali

Rede Nanogrid alimentando uma vila rural no Mali

A FRES acendeu as luzes esta semana na aldeia de Konina, na zona rural do Mali. A equipe local de…

Uganda

Exploring rural electrification with Ugandan Embassy

A delegation of the Uganda Embassy in Brussels honored FRES in November 2021 by visiting to our headoffice in Amsterdam.…

Uganda

FRES sets industry example with battery recycling

On 20 July 2021 a container of 667 batteries was loaded in Uganda, ready to be recycled. As part of…

Uganda

Evaluating EU investments in solar home systems with field staff in Uganda

FRES Uganda realized over 3500 new solar energy connections for households and small businesses in the southwest of the country,…

Uganda

Series of rural electrification workshops kicked off in Kampala

On 1 June in Kampala, Uganda, we kicked off a series of workshops with partners and authorities in all four…

Uganda

FRES Uganda installs 3700 SHS systems supported by EU

In the first quarter of 2021, FRES Uganda finalized the installation of in total 3700 new solar home systems for…

Uganda

FRES Uganda reaches 55% mobile payments

To reduce costs of cash collection and improve payment rates, FRES Uganda started introducing mobile payments for its customers in…

Uganda

Fueling enterprise in refugee settlements

Lying at a sensitive crossroads in East Africa, Uganda hosts 1.4 million refugees, mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo,…