Connect Rural Uganda - leaving noone behind in the Digital era - UNCDF

Objectif officiel

The proposed contribution is called Connect Rural Uganda and is a five-year program, 2019-2024 (mid-2019 to mid- 2024) aiming to, through increased digitalization, empower rural communities with particular focus on refugees, women and girls, youths and smallholder farmers/agri-businesses. The target groups are of course overlapping. For market development small and medium sized enterprises is an important target group. The programme aims to reach vulnerable populations wherefor refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda are in focus; a region where a large majority is multidimesionally poor (and women and youth extremely vulnerable), where rights are being violated and where access to quality service is strained from the large influx of refugees in recent years. Despite the Ugandan Governments progressive refugee policy it is unlikely that the refugees will return to their countries of origin in the short /medium term. Therefore, programming of interventions must consider practical solutions towards integration within Uganda. The scoping of the program and the focus on the three sectors agriculture, education and health, builds on an analysis of current contextual challenges to rural development and assessment of key sector areas to which digital innovations and technology can be leveraged to unlock sustainable change in livelihoods in refugee areas. Examples of specified outcomes for the program are for example that farmers have improved access to information on agricultural management practices, markets and farming technologies, digital financial services, and power for farming practices. That agro-MSMEs have improved commodity distribution and marketing systems, and better access to credit. That schools have improved efficiencies in payment and monitoring systems, and access to quality teaching and learning materials. That rural populations have improved options for health payments and financing (savings, loans, insurance). And that new business models and technologies for delivering services are scaled for rural communities.The intervention targets refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda in the districts of Lira, Oyam, Dokolo, Alebtong, Masindi, Apac, Yumbe, Moyo, Arua, Adjumani, Nebbi, Zombo, Maracha. The geographic focus has been chosen with regards to its poverty levels (one of the poorest regions in Uganda), high vulnerability, lack of access to social services (e.g. health and education) and lack of inclusive economic development. But also with regards to the opportunities and market potential when it comes to introducing and scaling digital solutions to leverage development impact. Mobile technology offers important opportunities in this regard. Access to mobile technology has increased with drastic speed in Uganda. 53% of females and 71% of men owns a mobile phone (2016). Refugees tend to, more than the population at large, access mobile technology with the specific needs to communicate with family members in their home

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Calendrier

Début déclaré

17 juin 2019

Clôture prévue

30 juin 2027

Durée prévue

96 mois

91 % de la durée prévue est écoulée. C’est une mesure du temps, pas de l’avancement des travaux : celui-ci figure dans les rapports d’avancement officiels.

Financement

Budget déclaré dans la devise du bailleur, sans conversion.

Place du numérique

50 % du projet relève des secteurs numériques, selon la ventilation déclarée par le bailleur. Le numérique en est l’objet principal.

• Technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) 50 %
• Code CAD 31120 25 %
• Code CAD 31193 15 %
• Code CAD 11110 5 %
• Code CAD 12110 5 %

Thèmes

• Finance numérique et paiements (Finance numérique en Ouganda) : « digital financial » figure dans l’objectif officiel.

Documents officiels

Aucun document publié dans les données ouvertes pour ce projet.