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ICT Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi and Chinese counterpart Jin Zhuanglong shake hands after the two countries signed a pact on digital transformation on October 19. PHOTO/COURTESY OF CHINESE EMBASSY.
Uganda has signed a pact with the People’s Republic of China to boost development, cooperation and digital transformation. Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister for Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance, speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday in an interview, said the government has been working with China to lay the backbone infrastructure to ensure everyone has internet.
He added: “We are now linking urban and rural areas using the China companies to ensure that no one is left behind and we want everyone to enjoy internet connectivity.We are building towers so that we have full inter- net coverage.”
The pact was signed on October 19 in Beijing,the capital of China,where the China-Africa digital capacity-building cooperation forum was held. According to the Uganda Communication Commission 2022 Market Performance report, the total number of internet-enabled gadgets connected to the networks stood at 10.9 million, as at June 2022.
This implies that about 20 percent of the population in Uganda is connected to the internet.
Source:KFM