Kampala city has been selected as the lead among the twelve African cities in the Africa Smart Towns Network (ASToN). This follows a competitive submission to the call for applications organized by the French Development Agency (AFD) early this year.
The other African cities include; Algiers (Algeria), Bamako (Mali), Ben Guerir (Morocco), Bizerte (Tunisia), Kampala (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda), Kumasi (Ghana) and Lagos (Nigeria).
Read more: UG: Kampala Leads 12 African Cities in Smart City Network
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean software development firm, SR Post Inc. that will facilitate the implementation of KCCA’s Smart City initiatives.
The MOU was signed between the Acting Executive Director of KCCA, Eng Andrew Kitaka and the chief executive of SR Post, Changyong Oh at City Hall in Kampala.
Read more: UG: KCCA, S.Korean Software Firm Sign MoU to Implement Smart City Projects
Cabinet has resolved and directed the Ministry of East African Affairs to start the implementation of East African International electronic passport.
The weekly Cabinet sitting on Monday at State House Entebbe, according to a statement read at Media Center, concluded that the issuance of the regional e-Passport should start on December 10th 2018.
Read more: UG: Government to Start Issuing East African Electronic Passport Next Month
Digital governments take such dimensions as; service delivery, access to public information, open data and citizen engagement.
The 21st century dynamics arguably provide a smart way for governments to go against the step by step development theory as posited by Walt Rostow back in the 1960s.
Read more: UG: ICTs for Development: An opportunity in waiting
The Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) – the regulator of the communications sector in Uganda Mr. Godfrey Mutabazi has called on government agencies and other partners to embrace ICT as the country strives to achieve the national broadband policy.
Mr Mutabazi made the remarks on Tuesday as he addressed hundreds of people during the ninth Annual CEO FORUM held at Serena hotel in Kampala.
Read more: Uganda must address low levels of technological adoption, says Mutabazi