 | The Uganda national AI landscape assessment report provides a detailed account of the findings from a review undertaken in 2024. A baseline survey was conducted to identify challenges faced by key public and private actors in Uganda's AI ecosystem, including but not limited to research and development, education, governance, marketing, and deployment, mapping also the AI stakeholders in Uganda across the value chain. A benchmarking study was carried out on Rwanda and Kenya as countries that share economic similarities with Uganda and have made significant strides in creating an enabling environment providing supportive infrastructure for AI deployment and use; and on United States with well-developed AI regulatory frameworks, infrastructure and skills to ensure the findings are relevant and adaptable was selected as a relevant reference standard for this assessment.
The study also shares the results of an assessment of the availability and extent of readiness of supportive infrastructure for the deployment of AI in the delivery of e-services by the Government and evaluate the existing skills in AI development, deployment and use in Government Ministries, Agencies and Departments was conducted and finally a proposed AI risk management framework was developed.
The report was developed by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the support of Divisions and Services in ITU Headquarters and ITU Regional Office for Africa under the 'Technical Assistance and Training to Uganda on National ICT Development Strategy' (2021-2024) project. The project is a collaboration between the Government of Uganda and ITU, supported by the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund (GDSSCF) and ITU's ICT Development Fund (ICT-DF).
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