Speaking at an ICT workshop for Cabinet ministers in Kampala on Sept. 21 Amama Mbabazi, Uganda's prime minister said government is committed to implementing the technologies through its agencies like the National Information Technology Authority-Uganda and the Uganda Communications Commission.
The project is part of government’s plan to implement an e-government structure designed to improve efficiency in delivery of public services.
The large stacks of dusty files that bear records of all land titles since 1962 when Uganda became independent will be burnt after IGN, a French company, completes capturing all the information and storing them online next month.
The observation was made by the ICT Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda at the opening of a workshop on the e-government master plan being drawn by NITA-Uganda.
Dr Rugunda says that South Korea has been able to tremendously improve its economy because it exploits the leverage provided by technology.
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Climate Change Adaptation and ICT (CHAI), a two-year project launched in Kampala earlier this month (3 August), will generate agricultural, environmental management, market and meteorological information for herdsmen in Uganda's 'cattle corridor'.
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Cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a heterogeneous community of end-recipients. The solution entrusts services with a user's data, software and computation over a network. The National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) is spearheading the initiative, which the body says promises more affordability, security, features and accessibility in a sea of devices.