1. 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 By Dr. Fredrick E. Kitoogo Director- Planning, Research and Development

2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION NITA-U MANDATE NITA U VISION AND MISSION PLANNED OUTPUTS & ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FY 2010/11 KEY CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS

5. MAJOR PLANNED OUTPUTS/ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FY2010/11 Operationalization of NITA –U Implementation of NBI/EGI Phase II Operationalization of the BPO Project Implementation of the DBICS project Undertaking planning for harmonized IT development Development of IT regulations and standards 5

6. 1. Operationalization of NITA –U 6

7. 1. Operationalization of NITA –U Cont… 7

8. 2. 2. National Backbone Infrastructure/E-government Infrastructure (NBI/EGI) 8

9. 2. NBI/EGI Cont… 9

10. 3. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) 10

11. 44. District Business Information Centers (DBICS) 11

12. 4. District Business Information Centres (DBICS) Cont.. 12

13. 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: Finalization of the NITA-U Strategic Plan Effective management and operations of the authority through establishment of internal management and control procedures Provision of first level IT technical support to MDAs and LG 13

14. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… IT Infrastructure development: Conduct Forensic and Security Audits of the NBI/EGI Commercialize Phase 1 & 2 of the NBI Procure and deliver bulk internet bandwidth to MDAs and LGs over NBI Implement Phase 3 of NBI 14

15. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… IT Infrastructure development: Implement Masaka – Mutukula OFC connection as alternative route to sea cables 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 15

16. 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, Mbarara 17 transmission sites Datacentre for NBI infrastructure Pilot for messaging & collab. tools Phase 3: Katuna, Kabale, Ntungamo, Masaka 3 transmission sites MONUC (Entebbe) Network Operating Centre (NOC) 16

17. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): Establishment of the Government BPO centre (300 seater) at Statistics House (3rd and 4th Floors) Establishment of the BPO incentives scheme for BPO operators in Uganda Update BPO Strategy Develop BPO standards and regulations Brand and market Uganda as a BPO destination 17

18. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… E-Government: Conduct e-Government Readiness Survey 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 Establishment of the national databank Establishment of centralized data center shared services for MDAs and LGs 18

19. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… E-Government (cont’d): Development of the e-Government architecture blueprint Development of the e-Government application and technology roadmaps Establishment of an interoperability framework for e-Government infrastructure and systems across Government Continue DBICs rollout – future e-Government kiosks 19

20. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… Regulatory environment: Establishment of National IT Standards & Regulatory Framework and Systems Operationalization of the cyber laws and establishment of Public Key Infrastructure IT Programme Management: Establishment of a uniform and integrated framework and system for management of IT Programmes and Projects across Government. 20

21. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Cont… Capacity building: Strengthening IT capacity and skills development across Government Development of local IT industry capacity to support strategies and implementations to lower cost of support while creating jobs Planning, Research & Development Promote and Support IT research to guide Policy development and implementation Harmonized IT planning of work and systems . 21

22. KEY CHALLENGES Inadequate financing – as reflected by a number unfunded priorities High public expectation vis-a-vis resources available Resistance to change from manual to electronic enabled systems 22

23. KEY CHALLENGES Rapid changes/Cost in/of technology Underdeveloped complementary infrastructure such as Energy constrain expansion and roll out of IT services & facilities 23

24. Opportunities and Prospects Prioritization of IT in the national development agenda (NDP, NRM Manifesto e.t.c) Goodwill of stakeholders coupled with growing recognition of the role IT can play in social and economic development Growing cadre of IT professionals including zealous and explorative youths Global and regional IT/ICT initiatives such as ITU/NEPAD Infrastructure programmeeg. EASy (Submarine cable project). 24

25. Opportunities and Prospects E-government/IT support services and applications – e-banking, e-taxation, e-learning etc. Prospects for PPP (commercialization of the NBI, possibility of hosting a Government portal etc) which will address the challenge of underfunding 25

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