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NITA-U's UGPass wins the prestigious WSIS Design Award for 2024

- 30. May 2024

The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) on 27th May, 2024 received global recognition by the World Summit for Information Society (WSIS) for it's transformative digital authentication and e-signature solution; UGpass.

NITA-U appoints Edmond Macheli as project coordinator of Uganda Digital Acceleration Program (UDAP

News

- 7. February 2024

Edmond joins us as the UDAP/GovNet project coordinator. He has over 17 years of experience in Project Management and Technology Consulting work, in both the Public and Private sector; including World Bank-funded projects.

NITA-U wins global award for best information access center

Featured News

- 9. November 2023

On 1st November, 2023 NITA- U participated in the 9th Global ICT Leadership Forum in Korea. Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea (MSIT) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA). The primary objective of the forum is to facilitate discussions on strategies for establishing an open and inclusive digital ecosystem where economic and societal value is generated from digital data while ensuring accessibility and participation for all.

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U-THINK Conference and Launch Event

8:00AM - Kampala

U-THINK is a professional think tank that brings together experts from various fields like cybersecurity, law enforcement and financial regulations to share their knowledge and experience in addressing cybercrime.

Hon.Dr.Chris Baryomunsi appoints new board of directors

Press Release

- 10. August 2023

NITA Uganda reduces the cost of Internet for Government.

Press Release

- 1. August 2023

NITA-U has announced a further reduction in the price of internet bandwidth for Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) to $35 per Mbps through the National Backbone Infrastructure (NBI).