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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.”

Read more: Uganda, British Council want education to boost ICT in country

The British Council (BC) in partnership with The Bill Gates Foundation on Saturday, last week handed over 31 computers fully connected to internet to Rubongi Army SS in Tororo district.

The BC's Representative Daudi Mulongo while addressing the gathering said that, "The British Council is willing and ready to support the secondary schools in Uganda with equipment in order to enhance the Information, Computer and Technology era to students who cannot afford to buy computers and get to internet."

Read more: UG: Teachers Urged to Learn ICT

Chasing a land title will now take minutes instead of weeks when the digitalization of the lands office is completed next month, officials in the lands ministry have said.

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.

Read more: UG: Processing a land title to take minutes

The cabinet ministers have been urged to lead the way towards the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for purposes of speeding up socio-economic growth and development.

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.

Read more: UG: Embrace ICTs, Cabinet Ministers Told

Ugandan cattle farmers are set to benefit from the use of information and communications technology (ICT) tools and meteorological data to improve their ability to adapt to climate change-induced hazards such as water stress and prolonged droughts.

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'.

Read more: ICT will help Ugandan farmers cope with climate change

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