Uganda

Provides rural schools with computers needed for hands-on digital learning, addressing disparities in device access between rural and urban education settings and supporting wider internet use in schools.

Activities and approach: Distribution of 220 laptops; school-based computer access; hands-on digital learning; curriculum support; digital-literacy improvement

Adds new mobile sites to improve 4G coverage and digital-service access in Ibanda.

Activities and approach: Four new cellular sites; 4G coverage expansion

Tests a supplemental coverage model that can connect standard smartphones directly to satellites, potentially extending mobile service to communities beyond economically viable terrestrial tower coverage.

Activities and approach: Starlink Direct-to-Cell trials; satellite-to-smartphone connectivity; remote coverage testing

Expands or enables connectivity for students, educators, and schools, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

expanding access to computers and digital learning while linking school device access to broader digital literacy and entrepreneurship goals.

Activities and approach: Donate 100 desktop computers; distribute to selected schools; support digital literacy, learning resources, entrepreneurship and innovation

Builds practical digital capabilities for rural Ugandans to participate in education, employment and online services.

Activities and approach: Community digital-skills training and mentorship

Extends affordable broadband into underserved rural communities while pairing access with skills development and local institutions that support adoption and sustained use.

Activities and approach: Deploy rural broadband infrastructure; pilot a scalable rural connectivity model; conduct digital literacy and gender-responsive training; establish Digital Empowerment Centers; support local service delivery, agriculture, education and health

Builds digital capability and adoption support for students, educators, and schools, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Targeted digital inclusion activities described in the cited source

Provides national optical-fiber infrastructure and lowers bandwidth costs while extending connectivity to government and regional routes.

Activities and approach: 3,000+ km fiber; border links; government connectivity; backbone services.

Creates a national spatial evidence base for infrastructure gaps and investment planning.

Activities and approach: Geospatial ICT inventory; mapping; planning database

Extends national fiber to border points, improving regional redundancy and international capacity.

Activities and approach: Cross-border fiber

Provides free high-speed public access in underserved communities and improves access to digital public services.

Activities and approach: Secure public Wi-Fi; broadband access points; last-mile connectivity.

Creates shared cloud infrastructure to improve public-service efficiency and availability.

Activities and approach: Government cloud

Integrates government IT systems so online services work across agencies.

Activities and approach: Systems integration

Extends geographic reach of broadband and aims to lower international-capacity prices while complementing the NBI.

Activities and approach: Regional connectivity; broadband reach; government cloud; e-government; regulatory capacity.

deploying new infrastructure to improve mobile access and local economic participation

Activities and approach: Telecommunications-site expansion and mobile-network coverage improvement

Addresses device-access barriers with connected tablets and training.

Activities and approach: Solar/dual-grid tablets; six months data; local content; basic device maintenance

Builds skills needed to convert access into productive use, jobs and local content.

Activities and approach: Digital literacy; employability; local-content creation

Targets disability-specific barriers with assistive devices, adaptive tools and digital skills.

Activities and approach: Assistive devices; adaptive ICT; online observatory; digital skilling

Subsidizes internet for education and establishes free Wi-Fi at border points to lower cost and coverage barriers.

Activities and approach: Subsidized school internet; RENU connectivity; free Wi-Fi hotspots.

Provides shared broadband access through a large public Wi-Fi rollout.

Activities and approach: 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

Connects end users and institutions to national backbone capacity.

Activities and approach: 1,700 km last-mile fiber; alternative access technologies

Creates shared physical access points for connectivity, devices and digital services.

Activities and approach: 24 telecentres; shared devices; internet access

Extends mobile broadband into rural areas where commercial rollout is inadequate.

Activities and approach: 50 mobile broadband masts; rural coverage

Provides mobile voice/data infrastructure to communities facing displacement and geographic barriers.

Activities and approach: 80 voice/data masts; mobile broadband

Links device access to repair skills, livelihoods and circular-economy capacity.

Activities and approach: Device repair; business opportunities; e-waste upcycling

Targets broadband access for vulnerable populations that face geographic and affordability barriers.

Activities and approach: Backbone and last-mile broadband

Builds accessibility into priority online public services.

Activities and approach: Six e-services; accessibility requirements; service redesign

Adds secure, scalable hosting capacity for resilient government platforms.

Activities and approach: Third national data centre; AI-ready hosting; resilient infrastructure

closing service and adoption gaps by financing scalable ICT solutions targeted to underserved sectors of the economy

Activities and approach: Competitive selection, funding and support for ICT applications addressing societal challenges; first round funded five organisations and later rounds continue

Expands high-speed affordable internet, extends backbone and last mile, and targets vulnerable groups including refugees.

Activities and approach: NBI extension; mobile broadband; 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots; telecentres; digital skills.

Allows remote authentication and signing, reducing physical presence and paper barriers.

Activities and approach: Digital authentication; e-signatures; seals; verification

Adds devices to schools so learners can develop essential digital skills and access technology-enabled education.

Activities and approach: Donation and deployment of laptop computers