Uganda’s Jinja City Waste Data Management Goes Digital through the DataCities’ SafiSiti Platform is poised to change the status quo
By Johnstone Baguma & Kellen Kanyunyuzi: This article presents part of interventions (in Urban Waste Management) undertaken by our Partner ToroDev a member of the DataCities Consortium with ODA’s Technical Support to contribute to the building of practical and resilient data systems in Uganda’s emerging cities, since 2023. The piloting of these interventions is currently underway in […]
Empowering Local Businesses in Jinja City: The Road to Better Licensing Data
Local businesses are the lifeblood of Uganda’s emerging Jinja City’s economy, driving innovation, creating jobs, and building a resilient urban community. As Jinja City embraces a data-driven future, enhancing the way trading licenses are managed has become a priority, supported every step of the way by DataCities Consortium (ToroDev – ODA, Sunbird AI and UNGP). […]
Unlocking Jinja City’s Potential: A New Era for Property Tax Data Management
Uganda’s emerging Jinja City is stepping boldly into a new era of data-driven property tax management, one that aims to improve local services for residents, infrastructure, and the community at large. At the heart of this transformation is a renewed focus on data-driven urban economic decisions and policymaking, supported by the expertise and collaboration of […]
DataCities: Ugandan City Authorities Successfully Complete a Smart Cities Exchange Visit to South Africa Cities
The ODA – Open Data Analytics is technically supporting ToroDev, funded by the Hewlett Foundation, to implement an 8 years’ program on “DataCities – Promoting Practical & Resilient Data Systems in Uganda’s New Cities”. The first phase of two years (2023-2025 ) is testing interventions in Fort Portal and Jinja Cities. The ultimate goal of […]
DataCities Project Launch in Fort Portal Tourism City – Supporting Practical and Resilient Data Systems in Uganda’s New Cities
On November 7, 2023, ODA – The Open Data Analytics an initiative of ToroDev and UNIRI, in collaboration with the UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala and Sunbird AI, launched the “DataCities” project in Fort Portal Tourism City (October 2023 – September 2025). This will support the modelling of this city into a modern Smart City […]
Insights from our recent “Health Data Governance in Eastern Africa – Study.
Health Data Governance in E. Africa Infogram
ODA to support analysis and visualization of results from the Health Data Governance in East Africa study undertaken by ToroDev and SPIDER – Stockholm University
ODA has been engaged by ToroDev to support its data analysis and visualization of findings of the research on health data governance in Eastern Africa. This task is to be accomplished between March – May 2023. Our data science and research expertise is expected to add value to the study findings and recommendations, as well […]
Reflecting on Potential Practical Interventions for Improving Urban Data Governance & Smart City Modeling in Uganda’s New Cities
Takeaways from our recent engagements with key government agencies in Uganda: During the month of February 2023, the Open Data Analytics (ODA) initiative, embarked on consultations with key stakeholders, primarily government agencies in Uganda to discuss preliminary findings from the Urban Data Governance (DG) baseline study, and their implications for the future of the new […]
What we are learning from the study on Urban Data Governance in Ugandan new Cities: Some Questions still unanswered
Since June 2022, ODA (an initiative of ToroDev and UNIRI) has been involved in studying the current status and future needs of urban data governance in Uganda’s 10 new cities, with support from the Hewlett Foundation. In October 2022, some government agencies/partners (UBOS and MoLG) came on board to support these efforts. This study is […]
ODA-Open Data Analytics at the DataFest Africa 2022 Conference to be held in Kampala, Uganda
Please feel free to join us on July 7th, 2022 during our breakaway session on a research presentation on “A baseline Study on Urban Data Governance in Uganda” during the DataFest Africa 2022 Conference organized by our partner organizaion, POLLICY at the National ICT Innovation Hub, UIICT Kampala. This study is financially supported by the […]