Digital maturity of the territory
Connectivity
Digital ecosystem
Kampala’s digital ecosystem is relatively in its early stages and still growing53. With new startup hubs and accelerators entering the scene in recent years, like Design Hub and The Innovation Village, and more significant players like Growth Africa, Outbox Hub and Unreasonable East Africa – two sector-agnostic programmes among the most prominent in East Africa – followed by Inccelerate, which targets idea-stage projects and was launched by Enstartup, and Makerere University-based Imuka Ventures.
Kampala hosts major tech-players like Andela and SafeBoda, and the University is a leader in upskilling Ugandans in digital skills.
On a relatively smaller scene, startups have relatively low barriers to entry from competition or bureaucratic red tape. Local technologists have higher visibility to investors, however access to investment is a challenge as most VCs are based in Nairobi and local angel or VC funding is limited.
Cross-sector Data Sharing
KCCA has recently established agreements with actors in the private sector in the field of transport that will allow her to build on their collected data.
For example, the city has an agreement with UBER to share its tracking data. This information is crucial in conducting traffic analysis and provide traffic management solutions in Kampala. Additionally, KCCA has collaborated with Safe Boda, a bodaboda (motorcycle) management company that tracks their riders in the city.
The city has also brought forth tracking of properties using house-numbers through a fruitful part- nership with Google as evidenced on the Google Maps platform. House numbers are unique numbers assigned to each building intended to ease location.
