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  • Uganda upgrades online procurement

    Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has launched an integrated online platform which will ease the procurement of public goods and services by the government and its institutions.

    “When we improve on the procurement process in government institutionsm, both at the central and local government levels, this enables the government to deliver quality social services in time to its citizens. We expect the new ICT portal will address that in the next coming financial year which will start on 1st July 2015,” Professor Simeon Wanyama, the PPDA Board Chair said last week during the launch in Kampala.

  • Uganda will meet the world digital migration deadline of 2015-ICT Minister

    Government has set the deadline for digital migration to 2015 contrary to the earlier set target of 2012 by the East African Community countries.

    Appearing before the committee of parliament on Information, Communication and Technology the minster of ICT, Rukahana Rugunda said that the process for digital migration is ongoing but Uganda is still struggling to hit the target.

    He said that it will be hard for Uganda to meet the set target by East African countries after observing the progress of the work but says the country will meet the world set target of 2015.

  • Uganda, British Council want education to boost ICT in country

    Uganda government officials, following a gathering on Saturday that saw the British Council and The Bill Gates Foundation deliver 31 computers to the Rubongi Army SS, that it was to continue to push forward on boosting ICT education in the country in an effort to improve its potential workforce for local citizens.

    The ministry of communications said that it was “hopeful that by increasing IT education for Ugandan students, we will be able to improve those interested in becoming leaders in the sector.”

  • Uganda, South Korea Ink Pact On E-Government

    The government of Uganda has signed an agreement with South Korea to enable Uganda develop an e-Government system aimed at creating an 'Integrated Smart One Government'.

    Speaking during the handover of the e-Government Master Plan, Mr. James Saka, the Executive Director of the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) said that the objective of the pact is to establish an e-Government Master plan through analyzing the current status of ICT and e-Government and propose a blue print of an e-Government development plan for Uganda.

  • Uganda: Fresh Storm Brews Over National Fibre Optic Cable Project

    The government has ditched technical safeguards for proper construction and functioning of the multi-billion national optic fibre backbone infrastructure, Daily Monitor can reveal.

    Our investigations show that the original October 2006 turnkey contract between the government and Huawei Technologies Ltd, a Chinese Company, has already been altered three times, the latest being on August 18, 2009 under which some crucial provisions on quality standards have been removed.

  • Uganda: Another $1m Internet project in jeopardy

    Corruption and negligence has bungled a planned $1 million government rural Internet project seeking to establish business information centres in the countryside communities, MPs heard last week.

    Angry MPs on the Information and Communication Technology Committee, also gave the sector minister, Aggrey Awori and his junior colleague Alintuma Nsambu, 48 hours to explain why the costs of a $126 million (about Shs252 billion) National ICT backbone infrastructure project were reportedly inflated.

  • Uganda: Awori Cautions Internet Providers

    Information and communication technology (ICT) minister Aggrey Awori has cautioned Internet service providers against setting high fees for services.

    Awori said with the international undersea optic fibre cables, local Internet access costs should become lower.

    Awori was last Friday responding to questions regarding the costs of broadband Internet connectivity during the inauguration of the National IT Authority board headed by former northern Uganda minister Betty Bigombe. The authority is the ICT's regulatory body.

  • Uganda: Build ICT Skills Base, Muliira Tells Companies

    There are still acute gaps in the Information and Communication Technology sector that need to be filled, the Minister of Communication and Information Technology has said.

    "There is need for software and human resource skills. There is need for skills provision and awareness creation as well as legal and regulatory environment, which are necessary to ensure protection," Dr Ham Muliira said.

  • Uganda: Bukenya launches laptop project

    The Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, has urged public servants to acquire laptops under a new scheme he launched on Friday at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel.

    The programme is organised by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Stanbic Bank and US-based companies that manufacture Tropix and Founder computer brands.

    Over 300,000 laptops will be loaned to civil servants to promote e-government (electronic government).

  • Uganda: E-governance being limited by lack of electricity

    The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has been called upon to put more efforts in ensure all people in Uganda access the benefits of Information and Communication Technologies.

    The call was made by I-network, an ICT based organization while launched the e-governance project. The project piloted in Apac district is helping local people and leaders to use ICTs to improve on governance and public accountability.

  • Uganda: E-Government - Phase Two Begins This July

    The information and communication technology (ICT) ministry wants to avoid the errors and challenges experienced in the first phase of installing the national data backbone fibre cables by involving local leaders.

    The ministry wants local leaders in areas where installation of the optical fibre cables is taking place to appreciate the value of the infrastructure.

  • Uganda: E-govt project takes off

    A new Internet-based project has started in Uganda to utilise information and communication technologies to create an efficient govt by 2010.

    Launching the Integrated E-Government project code-named Huawei at Statistics House on July 21, State Minister for ICT Ham Muliira, said information is a key resource that has to be harnessed for national development.

  • Uganda: E-health technology can improve medical services

    The Ministry of Information Communication Technology recently embarked on Phase Two of the $106m (sh212b) on the nation backbone infrastructure IT project. Government’s noble intention is to extend 2,130km of fibre optic cable to the countryside, so as to provide high speed bandwidth for faster communication, data and information flow.

    While this is being done, it is hoped that other ministries are planning and laying strategies to put this fiber optic cable to the best use to improve service delivery to the common man. Only then will this truly translate into “bridging the digital divide”.

  • Uganda: Education institutions advised to partner to access cheap broadband

    Education and research institutions should form partnerships to access cheaper broadband connection for e-learning, an information systems expert has said.

    Prof. Meoli Karshoda of the Kenya Education Network Trust, said most institutions still rely on local Internet service providers to get bandwidth, which he said is expensive and unreliable.

    “If the institutions come together, they can negotiate to get better bandwidth at lower costs for their online teaching and learning programmes,” he said.

  • Uganda: Government Celtel Sign Internet Phone Deal

    Celtel Uganda and the government have signed an agreement under which 200 government officials will get phones connected to the Internet.

    The phones are loaded with the renowned BlackBerry Enterprise Solutions, which enables users to have their emails directed to their mobile phones as long as they are in areas with Celtel network coverage or in countries with a roaming facility.

  • Uganda: Government Clears Sh219 Billion National ICT Deal

    The government has cleared the establishment of a national network system to spearhead the development of Information and Communication Technology in the country.

    The government has entered an agreement with China in which Uganda would receive a US$120m (about Shs219.6 billion) loan for development of the national Information Communication Technology (ICT) system infrastructure.

  • Uganda: Government Internet plan runs into trouble

    The Auditor General has uncovered serious anomalies regarding work on Phase I of the $106 million (Shs201b) national backbone infrastructure project to enhance the country’s Internet capacity. The report of the forensic audit, which this newspaper has seen, also raises serious questions about the project’s value-for-money, particularly the $2.2 million (Shs4.1b) reportedly used to repair broken installations.

  • Uganda: Government to Link Optic Cable to SEACOM

    The national data transmission backbone and e-governance infrastructure cable will be connected to SEACOM, the East African Marine System (TEAMS) and the East African sub-marine cable system (EAASy) cables, the ICT minister has said.

    Aggrey Awori said this would ease work in projects like the business process outsourcing enterprise that would support outsourcing centres to be set up by the government. Awori was speaking at the swearing-in of the new National Information Technology Authority Uganda executive director, James Saaka, at the ICT ministry boardroom.

  • Uganda: Govt urged to fund the judiciary

    The Government should fund the judiciary adequately so that it does not depend on donor funds to promote justice, the Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki, has said.

    He stressed the need for the Judiciary to embrace modern technology.

    “It should develop a policy on information communication technology (ICT) that will ensure timely adjudication and efficient dispensing of justice,” Odoki said.

  • Uganda: Govt urged to use smarter tools to promote investment

    The government has been advised to embrace e-governance to speed up the process of starting businesses in the country.

    Mr Helio Varela, an investment expert from Cape Verde, said yesterday that Uganda can compete favourably as an investment destination if data was accessible to investors.

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