Sitting at the regularly jam-packed Mobile Monday events here in Kampala it’s always astounding to see how vibrant the technology scene is in Uganda. The group that meets almost every month represents a wonderful cross-section of what’s going on here: from students overflowing with ideas about how mobile technology can change the world, to leaders from multi-national telcos pushing their networks...
For the past five months, UN Global Pulse has had a team of two Innovation Officers on the ground in Uganda. The team has been working closely with the Global Pulse staff in New York to lay the groundwork for establishing a Pulse Lab, located in Kampala. This work comes from a request by the Permanent Mission of Uganda to the UN General Assembly that Uganda to be the host country for the first...