1. DIGITAL VISION 2040 ICT STAKEHOLDER’S CONSUSLTATIVE WORKSHOP
NATIONAL BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE (NBI)
AND
E-SERVICES

2. CURRENT STATUS: NITA-U INITIATIVES
NBI Connectivity across Government
E-readiness survey and E-Government Master Plan
Development of regulations to support cyber laws
Rationalization Strategy
National Information security framework (NISF)
National CERT developed
Cost of Internet $600 per Mbps
Automated Gov’t services
Certification of the IT Profession
Centralized Hosting
Free Public Wi-Fi
Cost of Internet $190 per Mbps
2012
2011

3. CURRENT STATUS: INFRASTRCUTRE
Phase I, III and III of the National Data Backbone Infrastructure have been concluded with a total of 2, Km Optical fiber cable laid.
66 Police CCTV cameras in Kampala and Entebbe connected.
24*7 (NOC) Network Operations Centre was established.
Environmental Management System (EMS) installed in 25 Transmission sites. 9

4. CURRENT STATUS: NITA-U SERVICES
Total of 256 MDA/LGs connected to the NBI.
69 utilizing Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS)
150 utilizing Internet Bandwidth, data links/leased line services.
186 free public Wi-Fi hotspots around Kampala CBD and Entebbe.
14 MDAs hosted at the National Data Center for IaaS, BaaS PaaS and collocation services.
600 staff from State House, Ministry of ICT and NITA-U are using the NBI for .
45 IT companies have been certified.
268 Websites have been developed and 272 Web masters and ICT MDA staff trained 9

5. CURRENT STATUS: ONLINE GOVERNMENT SERVICES
A total of 158 applications and systems have been developed. Highly digitized sectors are; Accountability, Health & Justice, Law and Order Sector.
In addition 71 Government services can now be accessed online on the citizens’ portal.
DCIC
E-VISA
URA
E-TAX
KCCA
E-CITIE
UIA
ONE STOP CENTER
NITA-U
E-CITIZENS PORTAL

6. CURRENT STATUS: UGANDA’S E-GOVERNMENT RANKING
The UN e-Government Survey 2016 Report reflects that Uganda has greatly improved in its global e-government development index from rank 156 to rank 128.
The 2016 E-Government status for Uganda is estimated at 36 percent compared to the World’s average of 49.2 percent.  The Online Service status for Uganda has improved from 14.9% in 2014 to 50% in 2016 compared to the 20% average for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Therefore Uganda is now grouped in countries with  a High Online Service Index (Between 0.50 and 0.75)
Uganda’s e-government ranking by components;
Source: UN Reports

7. CURRENT STATUS: SOCIAL-ECONOMIC EFFECT
Service
Time spent on manual service
Time spent on E-Service
Time savings
Process a work permit
30 days
5 days
25 days
Declaration of wealth (IGG)
1 hour
30 minutes
Application for a trading license (E-CITIE)
1 day
15 minutes
1,425 minutes
Environmental and Social Assessment (NEMA)
29 days

8. PLANS TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES

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