That is what Uganda’s new oil and gas development is on course to do. Sign up Also receive offers from The Africa Report Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partnersYet it seems we must not be in normal times, or certainly that this project is not being treated normally. Even before first oil in 2025, the value to be added to the country’s GDP has been calculated at $8.6bn. Our oil and gas development provides an opportunity for Uganda to transform from a largely low-income agrarian economy to a modern diversified economy: one where no-one will have to rely on wood to feed their families. The time when those in the West think they can tell Africans what to do has to come to an end.
