Sources and data on digital participation in Uganda

ACCESS:

ITU Statistics
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx

Internet World Stats Uganda
https://www.internetworldstats.com/af/ug.htm 

Uganda National Information Technologie Authority (NITA); Statistical Abstract 2016
https://www.nita.go.ug/sites/default/files/publications/NITA-U%20Statistical%20Abstract%202016.pdf

Uganda National Information Technologie Authority (NITA); Promoting Child Online Safety
https://www.nita.go.ug/media/promoting-child-online-safety

Freedom on the Net Report 2017; Country Report Uganda
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2017/uganda

Daily Monitor; More Ugandans now own mobile phones
http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Technology/-Ugandans-mobile-phones--National-IT-Survey-NITA/688612-4334138-2fb1ruz/index.html

Alliance for affordable Internet (A4AI); Mobile Data Cost 2016
http://a4ai.org/mobile-broadband-pricing-data/

Dignited; Here is what we know about iTel Phones and prices in Uganda
http://www.dignited.com/12106/know-itel-phones-prices-uganda/

Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU)
https://renu.ac.ug/

National Planning Authority (NPA); Uganda Vision 2040
http://npa.ug/wp-content/themes/npatheme/documents/vision2040.pdf

Code facebook; Here is what we know about iTel Phones and prices in Uganda
https://code.facebook.com/posts/1642803246023947/airtel-and-bcs-with-support-from-facebook-to-build-shared-fiber-backhaul-connectivity-in-uganda/

DIGITAL RIGHTS:

Reuters; Uganda bans livecoverage after House fistfights, protests against Museveni
https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKCN1C21JV-OZATP

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; African Media Barometer
http://www.fesmedia-africa.org/uploads/media/Uganda_AMB_Online_2016.pdf

CIPESA; State of the Internet Freedom in Africa
https://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=254

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; Human Rights prevails in case of Stella Nyanzi before U.N. working group on arbitrary detention
https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/robert-f-kennedy-human-rights-prevails-in-case-of-stella-nyanzi-before-u-n-working-group-on-arbitrary-detention

Daily Monitor; Preliminary ruling in Dr Nyanzi case for today
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Court-rule-whether-continue-case-Dr-Nyanzi/688334-4331506-6b178kz/index.html

Freedom on the Net Report 2017; Country Report Uganda
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2017/uganda

Reporters without borders; Uganda creates unit to spy on social networks
https://rsf.org/en/news/uganda-creates-unit-spy-social-networks

Privacy International; For God and My President: State Surveillance in Uganda
https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/Uganda_Report_1.pdf

MEDIA:

Reuters Institute; A non-profit approach to market-driven journalism challenges in Uganda: A case study of Uganda Radio Network http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2017-10/A_non_profit_approach_to_market_driven_journalism_challenges_in_Uganda.pdf

Reporters without Borders; Ranking 2018
https://rsf.org/en/ranking

Reporters without Borders; Report Uganda
https://rsf.org/en/uganda

Reporters without Borders; Uganda creates unit to spy on social networks
ttps://rsf.org/en/news/uganda-creates-unit-spy-social-networks

Pollicy; Ugandan civic technology organization
http://pollicy.org

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung; Assessing the Impact of Social Media
http://www.kas.de/uganda/en/publications/43976/

Deutsche Welle Akademie; Media Use among Youth in Uganda
http://www.dw.com/en/study-media-use-among-youth-in-uganda/a-19462967

BBC Media Action; Country Case Study Uganda
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/publications-and-resources/policies/country-case-studies/africa/country-case-study-uganda

SOCIETY:
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET); Women's Rights and the Internet in Uganda
http://wougnet.org/home/files/mydocs/apc-cipesa-wougnet-upr-submission-final.pdf

African Feminism (AF); Ugandan women carving up online spaces to impact national discourse
https://africanfeminism.com/2016/07/25/ugandan-women-caving-up-online-spaces-to-impact-national-discourse

INNOVATION:
New Vision; How the Ugandan govt is harnessing ICT to create wealth  https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1470365/ugandan-govt-harnessing-ict-create-wealth

Ministry of ICT & National Guidance
http://niisp.ict.go.ug/about-us/

Ministry of ICT & National Guidance; Open Data Policy http://www.ict.go.ug/sites/default/files/Resource/Open%20Data%20Policy%20First%20Draft%20vX.pdf

eCitizen Portal Uganda
http://ecitizen.go.ug/content/ecitizen-portal

Uganda National Information Technologie Authority (NITA); Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and NITA-U release findings of National IT Survey 2017/2018
https://www.nita.go.ug/media/ministry-ict-and-national-guidance-and-nita-u-release-findings-national-it-survey-20172018

enstartup: Ugandan startups raised over $13 Million in 2017
http://www.enstartup.com/2018/01/17/ugandan-startups-raised-13-million-2017/

Outbox
https://outbox.co.ug/

Linkedin; In another record-breaking year, African Tech Start-ups Raised US$ 560 Million in VC funding in 2017, a 53% YoY Growth
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/another-record-breaking-year-african-tech-start-ups-raised-collon/

MTN; Innovation Awards 2017
https://www.mtn.co.ug/en/services/value-added-services/Pages/MTN-Innovation-Awards.aspx

Dignited; The MTN Innovation Awards 2017 full list of winners
http://www.dignited.com/26431/mtn-innovation-awards-2017-winners

Media Challenge Initiative Uganda (MCI);
http://www.mciug.org/

GEM; Country Report Uganda
http://www.gemconsortium.org/country-profile/117

Pollicy; We Just Turned One!
https://medium.com/pollicy/we-just-turned-one-31972bbee07e

The #speakup barometer is a DW Akademie project that examines the connection between digital participation, freedom of expression and access to information. Learn more at www.dw.com/barometer