Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) and shared services have the potential of reducing costs and increasing efficiency among organizations. The BPO conference and exhibition for NGOs and development partners forum was organised in Kampala, Uganda by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology. The event brought together representatives of NGOs and development agencies, as well as BPO service providers.

In her budget speech, the minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Syda Bumba said the thrust of the Financial Year 2009/10 Budget is based on the following policy initiatives:

i) Increasing agricultural productivity and production,

ii) Increasing agro-processing and value addition,

iii) Increasing investment in infrastructure and human resource development to facilitate regional trade and economic growth.

UGANDA Green Computers, an initiative by the Government of Uganda to avail affordable computers to small and medium size enterprises, is under threat of cloned computers that are being dumped in the market.

The joint venture between the Government of Uganda, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and Microsoft is yet to deliver to its optimum.
Launched in June last year, Uganda Green Computers was meant first to refurbish and later start recycling computers.

NComputing has partnered with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) to provide 500,000 computers to primary and secondary schools in 60 developing countries by 2012.

NComputing, a provider of ultra low-cost computing technology, developed the program jointly with the UNDESA Global Alliance for ICT Development (GAID).

Africa lags behind in use of free software

21^st May 2009

Blog contest update as of 27th May 2009 .
The following are the blogs entered for the contest so far.

1.      Can current telecenters reach out to more users by many folds and
really close the digital divides? By Alan Foo

2.      Hungry peoples need: information or food? By M. Ataur Rahman

3.       Telecentre based Circle education is a solution for digital divide
problem by Saifur rahman Khan

4.       The Role of a Telecentre in Poverty Alleviation by Sameera Wijerathna