Our BackgroundThe National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) is a semi autonomous corporate body established under the NITA-U Act 2009, to coordinate and regulate Information Technology services in both Government and the Nation at large.NITA-U is under the general supervision of the Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
The Mandate
To coordinate, promote and monitor Information Technology development within the context of National Social and Economic development.
The Vision
A facilitator of a knowledge-based, globally competitive Uganda where social transformation and economic development is supported through Information Technology enabled service.
The Mission Statement
To integrate Information Technology (IT) into National programs by focusing on establishment of coordinated and harmonized National IT systems.
The expected benefits of NITA-U will include the harmonized and coordinated government use of IT to improve the quality and efficiency of public services to strengthen internal information flows whilst promoting accountability and transparency. In addition, the benefits include the optimized utilization of the scarce technical skills capacity and infrastructure through shared resources in government such as centralized datacenters leading to ultimate overall financial savings in government IT adoption due to rationalization in IT funding.
