Project status: Ongoing

About the project

This project aims to extend the already existing ICT centers in the Agago District, which will allow more people to become connected to the internet. One strategic tower will be erected on a 500 meter high hill. It will be equipped with network infrastructure to provide wireless internet connectivity via connection to the BOSCO Uganda community network. This provides equitable access to the four community centers who are currently isolated from the rest of the world due to insufficient or zero signal from other networks.

Updates

4 ICT centers have been refurbished with power systems, new computers, and internet connection to the BOSCO Uganda network infrastructure. This has improved the connectivity in the Agago District.

About the partner

Battery Operated System for Community Outreach (BOSCO) is an NPO in northern Uganda. The organization was formed in 2007 as an intervention to end the isolation of people in the Internally Displaced People’s camps of northern Uganda. The organization realizes its vision of ‘open and peaceful rural communities ready to face the challenges and opportunities of the globalized world in the 21st Century’ by providing innovative ICT solutions that foster socio-economic development and peace-building in the rural communities of northern Uganda.

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