The Hoima City project planning/kick-off workshop for June 15 – 16, 2022 at Miika Eco Resort, was completed successfully. We were able to loop in some city administrators at political and technical levels who gave us insights on what might be the opportunities and challenges ahead as we embark on our baseline study on urban […]
Consistent with our value and culture of maintaining a lean demeanor while administering services of our organization (ToroDev), coupled with our strong belief in the opportunities provided by the digital technologies to our society and other unprecedented challenges the world continues to witness like pandemics, we have are rethinking seriously on reforming our approach to […]
A number of months have passed without hearing from us here, right? Good news is that we have been much active, holed in a deep reflection, framing and re-framing our new focus for the future years. Indeed, for the last 10 years, we have learnt alot from our interventions in the transparency, participation and advocacy […]
The quarterly reflection meeting was held on 23rd April 2021 and hosted by Rwenzori Anti Corruption Coalition (RAC) at their offices in Booma, Fort Portal city. Participants were from the organizations that make up the Rwenzori governance cluster and included; ToroDev, KRC, Rwepota, KDC among others. These members are from the districts of Kabarole, Kyenjojo, […]
The Financial Year 2020/21 marks the first year of implementation of the third National Development Plan (NDP III). The NDP III seeks to consolidate the cumulative gains that have been made over the previous plans and unlock new opportunities for all Ugandans taking cognizance of the effects of COVID 19 pandemic on the economy. Civil […]
Civil Society work was disturbed since March 2020 when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. It’s a fact that during epidemics both economic and human costs are enormous. Already, close to $29Bn USD has been wiped out from African economies, GDP forecasts have been revised downwards. For Uganda’s case, Ministry of Finance estimates that economic […]
ToroDev’s Open Data Analytics is a social enterprise prioritizing the use of large volumes of data generated by both public and private institutions to accelerate economic, social and political transformation in Uganda and beyond. New and traditional technologies (ICT tools) are used to transform available big datasets into ready to access and use data and […]
As the Covid-19 pandemic paralyzes the globe, the ICT virtual workspaces have become real for everyone. They are no longer a luxury, but a necessity for a global economy’s survival, maintaining social networks, worship and philanthropy work. They have also indeed proved to be a worthwhile tool for pedagogy and capacity building for education institutions […]
The operational year 2018/2019, was ToroDev’s fourth year to implement the 2016 – 2020 Organisational Strategy. We reflect on how far we have gone to achieve the set out strategic goals for five years and challenges thus far. Below are the key highlights; Focus on building capacity of local leaders in the health sector facilities […]
The open data usage and data analytics capacity building of ToroDev staff and Interns has entered it’s third month here in Fort Portal. The Training is conducted by Thibi, a Data Analytics and ICT4D Consulting institution based in Singapore, in partnership with a team from Open Development Institute. It is supported with funding from the […]
