How Tanzania, Uganda plan to finance pipeline

The Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Prof Palamagamba Kabudi, and Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ms Irene Muloni, sign the inter-governmental agreement between Tanzania and Uganda for the East African crude oil pipeline(EACOP) project in Kampala on Friday. PHOTO | ALEX ESAGALA

What you need to know:

  • The remaining 30 per cent capital, according to sources in Uganda’s Energy ministry, will be raised through equity by the JV partners and national oil companies of the two countries – Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc).