With a three-way partnership between UNIDO, Microsoft and the Government of Uganda, the local software industry initiative for Uganda was launched in September 2007. The objectives are to provide opportunities for ICT graduates to be employed in the information economies, as well as to spur innovative software solutions in local languages tailored to the native needs. Stimulated local software industry can bring new opportunities for innovation, business process outsourcing services, and industrial development.
To this end, it is planned to establish the first local software development centre in East Africa in 2010/11 to act as a centre of excellence and incubator involving academia, industrial associations, the private sector and relevant public institutions.
