ABOUT US
UOMA (the Uganda Off-Grid Energy Market Accelerator), founded in 2017, is a dedicated and neutral intermediary, focused on accelerating the growth of off-grid energy in Uganda to enable universal energy access. It was borne out of a partnership between USAID / Power Africa, DFID and the Shell Foundation under their Scaling Off-Grid Energy: Grand Challenge for Development (SOGE) partnership.
OUR IMPACT

INITIATIVES
Access to finance
Today, off-grid electrification in Uganda is predominantly driven by the private sector. In order …

Communication & coordination
At the beginning of 2017 we released our market map on the off-grid energy space in Uganda. This …

Government policy
Through our extensive engagement with government in 2017 it became increasingly apparent that there …

Productive use technology
High capacity generation technologies – including standalone systems and mini-grids- have …

Unserved populations
Today, 5.5 million households are without access to energy. Even under assumptions of aggressive …

MAPPING THE MARKET
UOMA seeks to reduce barriers to scale to accelerate off-grid energy access in Uganda. Today, about 80% of Ugandans live without access to modern energy.
REACHING UNSERVED POPULATIONS
Bringing energy to these households has become a central focus of Uganda’s development agenda.