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  • UG: UCC set to deploy free public WiFi hotspots at 5 border points

    The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) through its projects department called the Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) has launched a call for business plan proposals under a grant to cater for public WiFi hotspots at five border points across the country.

    In line with the RCDF III program thematic area of Broadband Connectivity and Access, UCC has set aside these funds for the financial year 2019/20 to be utilized under a collaborative grant framework between UCC/RCDF and a suitable partner to establish and operate five public WiFi hotspots.

  • UG: UNBS launches new automated services to increase efficiency

    Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) on Wednesday launched new automated services in Kampala, to improve efficiency and turnaround time for better service delivery.

    Speaking to guests during the launch, UNBS Executive director Dr Ben Manyindo said: “The UNBS automated services have replaced the manual systems and we believe this will go a long way in improving efficiency, transparency and accountability in our systems and processes, while allowing our clients carry out self assessments and other self service checks”.

  • UG: Using Biometrics to ease processes of identification

    Since we are now living in the world owhere there is Information Technology (IT) in various institutions globally, it is expert opinion that a number of Uganda’s institutions carrying out their business using IT solutions began using Biometrics Technology.

    It is defined as an automated method used to identify a person based on physiological and behavioural characteristic using a unique identifier. It can as well be defined as applied mathematics in biology for purposes of identifying individual characterics via finger prints and pictures.

  • UG: Why ID project stalled

    A national identity card project status report prepared by the ministry of Internal Affairs for the ICT Committee of Parliament indicates that most of the project equipment has depreciated and some has been lost before the issuance of IDs starts.

    The project has so far cost Uganda 64 million Euros, besides another Shs 118bn needed for the operation of the National Security Information System.

    Mühlbauer Technology Group, a German company, was contracted in March 2010 to deliver equipment (software and hardware) that would be used to establish a biometric identity management system for an accurate national identity register.

  • UG: Will Kampala achieve the ‘smart city’ dream?

    What you need to know:

    • The executive director of KCCA, Ms Dorothy Kisaka, says a smart city campaign is looking at three things; leveraging technology, developing city infrastructure and ensuring organised businesses thrive

    The phrase smart city is slowly being adopted by city dwellers.

  • UG: YahClick to offer e-services

    YahClick, an internet service provider, which has been in Uganda since 2012, plans to strengthen its business by going further than providing satellite broadband but to also provide solutions in e-healthcare, e-education and e-government services.

    In a recent notice, Farhad Khan, the group’s chief commercial officer said by venturing in new areas, they would connect more people, organisations and businesses.

  • Uganda Adopts Free And Open Source Software For E-Governance

    The population in Uganda has been growing rapidly. The country now has 35 million people. In order to provide quality services to its citizens and to improve the national competitiveness through administration innovation, the government has adopted free and open source software as the preferred mode of operation for electronic government (e-government) services and platforms.

    In July 2011, the Uganda cabinet approved the National E-government Policy Framework with the overall objective of improving public service delivery through a systematic transformation from manual to electronic-based systems and practices.

  • Uganda backbone project latest victim of corruption charges

    The suspension of work on Uganda's national fiber backbone and e-government infrastructure, estimated to cost a total of US$106 million, is the latest case in a string of eastern and southern African telecom and ICT projects that have been hit by charges of corruption.

    The suspension of work on Uganda's national fiber backbone and e-government infrastructure, estimated to cost a total of US$106 million, is the latest case in a string of eastern and southern African telecom and ICT projects that have been hit by charges of corruption.

  • Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Launches E-Government Procurement System

    The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has launched the Electronic Government Procurement system (EGP), aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability/value for money and effectiveness.

    During the launch at the UCAA head offices in Entebbe on Monday, the acting Director General UCAA, Mr Fred Bamwesigye, said that embracing new technology innovations is well in line with the Authority's core values.

  • Uganda Completes First Phase of National Data Backbone

    With the completion of the first phase of its national data backbone, the Ugandan government is out to show it can be an efficient provider of services to this nation of 28 million.

    Sometime this month, Uganda's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), together with Chinese technology company Huawei, will launch the first phase of the national data backbone, which has cost some US$30 million. The fiber-optic cable interconnects government institutions and departments with the aim of reducing spending on public administration.

  • Uganda embraces telemedicine

    The ministries of health and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are introducing telemedicine to extend quality health care services to rural areas.

    Telemedicine is the use of electronically exchanged medical information.

    “Telemedicine is an important tool for providing healthcare services,” said ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira.

  • Uganda gets fibre optic cable

    The long-awaited 17,000 km undersea fibre optic cable has finally landed in Uganda.The cheap high speed bandwidth provider SEACOM launched the cable’s services in Kampala on Thursday.

    It will have the capability to maintain two million phone calls simultaneously, marking a revolutionary transformation in Internet access and affordability in Uganda.

  • Uganda Government to Support ICT Innovations Under This Science Innovation Fund

    Young ICT innovators fro Uganda will now benefit highly from Uganda's Science fund that has for ages been perceived as a fund be restricted to agro, bio and chemical science innovations.

    This was said by Hon Frank Tumwebaze, Minister of ICT and National Guidance at the inaugural stakeholders' dialogue held on July 06, 2017, Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.

  • Uganda government will launch Web portal

    The government of Uganda will soon have a statewide Web portal that will consolidate the individual Web sites of various government institutions.

    "It will be a gateway to all government institutions, a one-stop center for all government information," Ambrose Ruyooka, Uganda's acting commissioner of IT, said in an interview.

    The portal, which was commissioned by the Ministry of ICT, will also incorporate the government ministries, departments and agencies that do not maintain Web sites at this time.

  • Uganda Improves in Government Online Service Delivery – UN Survey

    Uganda’s online service index has improved from 50% in 2016 to 57% in 2018 which puts the country in high online service index bracket. This is according to the United Nations E-Government survey 2018.

    The Online Services Index is a component of the E-Government Development Index(EGDI) which is a composite indicator measuring the use of ICTs by Governments in delivering public services at the national level. It examines how digital technologies and innovations are impacting the public sector and changing people’s everyday lives.

  • Uganda internet cable launched

    Chinese technology company Huawei last week delivered the second phase of an internet backbone infrastructure measuring 1,380 kilometres to take the total amount of fibre optics so far laid in the country to 1,548 kilometres.

    The second phase of the project comes more than four years after the first phase of a US$106 million National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure (NBI) and the Electronic Government Infrastructure (EGI) was commissioned in 2007.

  • Uganda launches e-govt plan

    The Government, through the information and communication technology (ICT) ministry, has launched a plan to implement e-government to improve efficiency and delivery of public services.

    This is in collaboration with South Korea, which will offer technical assistance to develop a comprehensive ICT master plan for Uganda, covering and integrating the economy and a feasibility study on ICT priority areas.

    E-government refers to the use of the Internet to deliver government information and services to citizens.

  • Uganda Launches Mobile Health Labs Project

    Uganda’s ministry of Health has launched a project to equip health centers across the country with techno-labs that will facilitate diagnosis and prescription of treatment for patients without them coming physically to the health facilities.

    The project under the Uganda Communication Development Fund (UCDF) of the Uganda Communications Commission will see health centers across the country fitted with computers, digital cameras, scanners and other gadgets to allow doctors to diagnose and prescribe treatment to patients in other health centers.

  • Uganda launches phase four of NBI project

    The government of Uganda has launched the fourth phase of the National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure Project (NBI/EGI). President Yoweri Museveni performed the launch ceremony.

    Construction works on this phase included extension of an ICT backbone to the West Nile districts of Pakwach, Nebbi, Arua, Yumbe, Koboko, Adjumani, Katakwi and Moroto. There was also connection of the ICT backbone to three border points which are Oraba of Uganda, Vurra of South Sudan and Mpondwe of DR Congo for regional connectivity and to enhance the redundancy of the NBI.

  • Uganda launches public e-procurement system

    The Ugandan government has launched a five-year strategy to introduce e-government procurement.

    Running until 2019, the strategy will see the government adopt an e-government procurement system designed to empower public bodies to better manage public procurement.

    Implemented by the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) and supported by the World Bank, the system also aims to introduce increased efficiency, confidence in the procurement system and value for money.

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