ToroDev, funded by the Hewlett Foundation is implementing an 8 years’ program on “DataCities – Supporting Practical & Resilient Data Systems in Uganda’s New Cities”, through her Open Data Analytics (ODA) initiative. The first phase of two years (2023-2025 ) is testing interventions in Fort Portal and Jinja Cities. The ultimate goal of the program […]
On November 7, 2023, ODA – The Open Data Analytics an initiative of ToroDev and UNIRI, in collaboration with the UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala and Sunbird AI, launched the “DataCities” project in Fort Portal Tourism City (October 2023 – September 2025). This will support the modelling of this city into a modern Smart City […]
Organized by GIZ_EU and the Nation Media Group, this event aimed at bringing together CSOs in Uganda to network and showcase different products and services that they offer to the Ugandan society, as a contribution to sustainable development. Indeed, CSOs supplement the government a great deal, ranging from provision of essential services like health, education, […]
On July 27, 2023 at Fairway Hotel, Kampala, ToroDev in partnership with GIZ-Uganda Office (supported by BMZ and co-funded by the European Union) launched the research project “Exploring the Impact of the Digitalization Legal and Policy Framework on Inclusive Development in Uganda”. In order to mainstream the use of ICTs for sustainable development in the […]
This is a report of a baseline study on urban data governance in Uganda’s new cities. The study was inspired by the fact that an estimation of 50% of Africa’s population is expected to live in urban centres and/or cities by 2030. Unfortunately, about 62% of those Africans currently living in cities lack quality essential […]
ToroDev boasts of along time partnership (over 10 years) with SPIDER – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing regions, a digital and research center at the Department of Computer & System Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University – Sweden. A number of ICT for development projects have been funded by SPIDER and implemented by ToroDev in […]
Takeaways from our recent engagements with key government agencies in Uganda: During the month of February 2023, ToroDev through the Open Data Analytics (ODA) initiative, embarked on consultations with key stakeholders, primarily government agencies in Uganda to discuss preliminary findings from the Urban Data Governance (DG) baseline study, and their implications for the future of […]
Concentration of Data Governance (DG) Interventions at continental and national levels with a dearth of efforts at sub-national/city level, CSOs efforts in data production not adequately recognized in Uganda’s national data system, Too many stand-alone data systems by MDAs with limited interoperability, Uganda’s new cities need to profile Unique Ninches through dedicated data production strategies,
Since June 2022, ODA (an initiative of ToroDev and UNIRI) has been involved in studying the current status and future needs of urban data governance in Uganda’s 10 new cities, with support from the Hewlett Foundation. In October 2022, some government agencies/partners (UBOS and MoLG) came on board to support these efforts. This study is […]
Please feel free to join us on July 7th, 2022 during our breakaway session on a research presentation on “A baseline Study on Urban Data Governance in Uganda” during the DataFest Africa 2022 Conference organized by our partner organizaion, POLLICY at the National ICT Innovation Hub, UIICT Kampala. This study is financially supported by the […]
