Western Regional Secondary School ICT Club Competitions

Mbarara High School, Monday 22nd September 2025 – The Western Regional ICT Club Competitions were held in Mbarara City at Mbarara High School. Twelve secondary schools from different districts across the region converged to showcase their creativity, passion, and technological talent in what has become one of the most anticipated student ICT events of the year.

Their presentations included projects about platforms that enhance data security and storage, to innovations promoting ICT literacy, digital inclusion, and community development. These projects not only celebrated innovations from young people but also served as a platform for students to exchange ideas, sharpen their problem-solving skills, and gain exposure to real-world ICT challenges, highlighting their potential in shaping an ICT-driven future.

As the regional competitions progress, the winning teams will advance to the national stage, where they will represent their regions at the National Conference on Communications.

The Schools that Competed

The following schools proudly represented the Western Region in this year’s competitions:

School	District	Project
Mbarara High School	Mbarara	Edusafari: A digital platform
Timbitwire Girls' School	Bushenyi	FileBob: Empowering Digital Access and Secure File Management Through Cloud Technology
Kashenshero Girls' SS	Mitooma	Blogging system: Empowering Student Voices Through a School-Based Blogging Platform
St. Mary's College Rushoroza	Kabale	Intelli Tutor AI - Empowering Minds, One Answer at a time
Kazo Secondary School	Kazo	Academic Follow-up System for Parent-Teacher-Learner Engagement
Butogota Trinity College	Kanungu	Digital Market Linkage System for Farmers and Traders in Butogota Town Council
Nakivale SS	Isingiro	MINDFLOW: A digital learning platform
Nyakahita Muhirwa Vocational SS	Mitooma	Science education: Enhancing science education in secondary schools
Kigezi High School	Kabale	Smart Carbon monoxide air quality monitoring system
St. Leo's College Kyegobe	Kabarole	Soma analytics: A smart classroom assistant
Bweranyangi Girls' SS	Bushenyi	Breast cancer prediction using Machine Learning
Bubangizi SS	Mitooma	Garbage collection system

And the Winners Are…

🥇 1st Place – Nakivale SS

🥈 2nd Place – St. Leo’s College Kyegobe

🥉 3rd Place – Timbitiwire Girl’s School

The Road to NCC 2025

The victory means Nakivale SS will go on to compete with other regional champions at the NCC 2025 National Event, scheduled for 2nd–3rd October 2025 at the National ICT Innovation Hub in UICT Nakawa.

This year’s national stage will be jointly hosted by ISABT University and Gulu University under the theme:

Leveraging Digital Innovation to Empower Sustainable Local Solutions for Uganda’s Development Goals.

in Western Regional Secondary School ICT Club Competitions

Meet our NCC Advisory Board Members

Dedicated professionals driving our success

Dr. Edwin Mugume

Lecturer, Department of Communication & Computer Engineering, Makerere University

He was the Technical Program Chair of the 5th NCC (2019), and the General Chair of the 6th NCC (2020) and 7th NCC (2022). He is currently the Specialist Editor for the SAIEE Africa Research Journal, leading the drive to enhance publications from the East African region. He is a regular reviewer for leading IEEE journals and conferences and has been a technical committee member of several international IEEE conferences. He is a Member of IEEE.

Mr. James Beronda

Director UCUSAF (Uganda Communications Commission)

A senior ICT professional and project manager with extensive experience managing ICT for Development (ICT4D) projects. Most of this experience has been in senior management roles, providing hands-on leadership and technical oversight in the design, execution, scheduling, and monitoring of these projects. Currently serves as the Director of the Uganda Communications Universal Service and Access Fund (UCUSAF) at the Uganda Communications Commission.

Dr. Roseline Nyongarwizi Akol

Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Makerere University

She contributed to the initial conceptualization of the NCC and has been in the business of human capital development of Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineers in Uganda for many years. Her current research interest is in wireless technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), smart grids and smart technologies. Dr. Akol is passionate about harnessing and growing resources.

Mr. Denis Kahindi

Director Home Broadband Business (Airtel Uganda)

He is a Director at Airtel Uganda and the former Chief Executive Officer at Liquid Intelligent Technologies – Uganda.

He possesses proven senior management and operational leadership skills from over 15 years of experience in the Telecommunications and ICT industry.

Dr. Godfrey Kibalya Mirondo

Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, Busitema University

Dr. Mirondo serves as a reviewer, guest editor, and technical program committee member for several International Journals and conferences. His research interests include Applied Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, AI Ethics, Edge Computing, Network Slicing and Network Automation, with over 35 publications in leading international journals and conferences.

He is currently a postdoctoral fellow with the CECAP11 Early Career Research program. He previously served as Senior Research and Innovation Engineer (AI) at Nearby Computing S.L., Barcelona, Spain and has participated in numerous EU funded projects.

Ms. Barbara Birungi

Director Hive Colab

Barbara Birungi is a Ugandan social entrepreneur, technologist, mentor, and educator. She serves as the Director of Hive Colab, an innovation hub, business accelerator, and incubator for East African technology startups, with a mission to build local tech capacity across the region. Barbara is also the founder of Women in Technology Uganda (WITU), an organization dedicated to empowering women in the tech industry through networking, training, mentoring, and partnerships. WITU aims to increase the number of women entrepreneurs in tech, encourage girls to pursue STEM education, and close the gender gap in Uganda's technology sector.