NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY UGANDA (NITA-U)

NITA –U PERFORMANCE FOR FY 2010/11

PRESENTATION TO THE ANNUAL ICT SECTOR REVIEW 2010/11, LAKE VICTORIA SERENA HOTEL

LWEZA, 17-19th AUGUST, 2011

ByDr. Fredrick E. Kitoogo

Director- Planning, Research and Development

OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION

1. NITA-U MANDATE

2. NITA U VISION AND MISSION

3. PLANNED OUTPUTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

FOR FY 2010/11

4. KEY CHALLENGES

5. OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS

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NITA U MANDATE

• To Coordinate, promote and monitor Information Technology (IT) developments in Uganda within the context of National Social and Economic development

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NITA U VISION AND MISSION

Vision

A facilitator of a knowledge-based, globally competitive

Uganda where social transformation and economic

development is supported through Information

Technology enabled service.

Mission Statement

To integrate Information Technology (IT) into National programs by

focusing establishment of coordinated and harmonized National IT

systems

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MAJOR PLANNED OUTPUTS/ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FY2010/11

1. Operationalization of NITA –U

2. Implementation of NBI/EGI Phase II

3. Operationalization of the BPO Project

4. Implementation of the DBICS project

5. Undertaking planning for harmonized IT development

6. Development of IT regulations and standards

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1. Operationalization of NITA –U

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1. Operationalization of NITA –U Cont…

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2. 2. National Backbone Infrastructure/E-government Infrastructure (NBI/EGI)

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2. NBI/EGI Cont…

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3. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

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44. District Business Information Centers (DBICS)

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4. District Business Information Centres (DBICS) Cont..

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NITA U STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

NITA-U is in the process of developing a Strategic Plan that will detail the priorities for the Medium term (5 years). In line also with the ICT Sector Strategic plan

Operationalization of NITA-U:1. Finalization of the NITA-U Strategic Plan2. Effective management and operations of the authority

through establishment of internal management and control procedures

3. Provision of first level IT technical support to MDAs and LG

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…IT Infrastructure development:

1. Conduct Forensic and Security Audits of the

NBI/EGI

2. Commercialize Phase 1 & 2 of the NBI

3. Procure and deliver bulk internet bandwidth to

MDAs and LGs over NBI

4. Implement Phase 3 of NBI

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…IT Infrastructure development:

5. Implement Masaka – Mutukula OFC connection as

alternative route to sea cables

6. Extending fibre and last mile solutions to critical sites

that will drive accelerated value creation: District

Head offices, Hospitals (District and Referral), Schools

and Universities, Police (posts, prioritized stations and

barracks), Research institutions

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…

Key

Phase 1: Kampala Metroplitan Area (27 ministries), Entebbe, Jinja, Mukono and Bombo 5 transmission sites

Phase 2: Luwero, Nakasongola, Masindi, Gulu, Nimule, Lira, Soroti, Kumi, Mbale, Tororo, Malaba, Busia, Hoima, Kyenjojo, Fort Portal, Kasese, Bushenyi, Mbarara17 transmission sitesDatacentre for NBI infrastructurePilot for messaging & collab. tools

Phase 3: Katuna, Kabale, Ntungamo, Masaka3 transmission sitesMONUC (Entebbe)Network Operating Centre (NOC)

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…Business Process Outsourcing (BPO):

1. Establishment of the Government BPO centre (300 seater) at Statistics House (3rd and 4th Floors)

2. Establishment of the BPO incentives scheme for BPO operators in Uganda

3. Update BPO Strategy4. Develop BPO standards and regulations5. Brand and market Uganda as a BPO

destination

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…E-Government:

1. Conduct e-Government Readiness Survey

2. Promoting an accelerated value creation program and

usage of e-government services like: Messaging and

Collaboration tools, Video conferencing, Voice over

Internet Protocol (VOIP) , focused e-Government solutions

and Smart Local Government solutions

3. Establishment of the national databank

4. Establishment of centralized data center shared services

for MDAs and LGs

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…

E-Government (cont’d):

5. Development of the e-Government architecture

blueprint

6. Development of the e-Government application and

technology roadmaps

7. Establishment of an interoperability framework for e-

Government infrastructure and systems across

Government

8. Continue DBICs rollout – future e-Government kiosks

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…

Regulatory environment:1. Establishment of National IT Standards & Regulatory

Framework and Systems2. Operationalization of the cyber laws and

establishment of Public Key Infrastructure

IT Programme Management:3. Establishment of a uniform and integrated framework

and system for management of IT Programmes and Projects across Government.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont…Capacity building:

1. Strengthening IT capacity and skills development across

Government

2. Development of local IT industry capacity to support strategies

and implementations to lower cost of support while creating

jobs

Planning, Research & Development

3. Promote and Support IT research to guide Policy development

and implementation

4. Harmonized IT planning of work and systems .

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KEY CHALLENGES

i. Inadequate financing – as reflected by a

number unfunded priorities

ii. High public expectation vis-a-vis resources available

iii. Resistance to change from manual to electronic enabled systems

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KEY CHALLENGES

iv. Rapid changes/Cost in/of technology

v. Underdeveloped complementary infrastructure such as Energy constrain expansion and roll out of IT services & facilities

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Opportunities and Prospects I. Prioritization of IT in the national development agenda

(NDP, NRM Manifesto e.t.c)

II. Goodwill of stakeholders coupled with growing recognition of the role IT can play in social and economic development

III. Growing cadre of IT professionals including zealous and explorative youths

IV. Global and regional IT/ICT initiatives such as ITU/NEPAD Infrastructure programme eg. EASy (Submarine cable project).

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Opportunities and Prospects

V. E-government/IT support services and applications – e-banking, e-taxation, e-learning etc.

VI. Prospects for PPP (commercialization of the NBI, possibility of hosting a Government portal etc) which will address the challenge of underfunding

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