Young Innovators Shine at Eastern Regional ICT Club Competitions

Busoga College Mwiri, Friday 19th September 2025 – The atmosphere was electric as the Eastern Regional ICT Club Competitions kicked off at the iconic Busoga College Mwiri. Fourteen secondary schools converged to showcase their creativity, passion, and technological talent in what has become one of the most anticipated student ICT events of the year.

From mobile applications, robotics, electronics to digital solutions for agriculture, students demonstrated how innovation is no longer the preserve of big tech companies but also thriving in Uganda’s classrooms.

In her remarks, Eng. Rebecca Mayanja, the NCC Chair praised the students for their ingenuity, urging them to keep developing home-grown solutions:

_“The future of Uganda lies in your hands. With ICT, you can design solutions that respond directly to our people’s needs, and in doing so, accelerate our journey towards national development.”_

The schools that Competed

The following schools proudly represented the eastern region in this year’s competitions:

School	District	Project
Nalongo SS	Namwendwa	Personal Hygiene
Busoga College Mwiri	Jinja
Atiira Seed SS	Serere	Teso Culture Hub
MM College Wairaka	Jinja
St. Andrew Lotome	Napak	Karamoja Moving Class
PMM Girls' School	Jinja
Kira College Butiki	Jinja	FRAIMS AI: Leveraging artificial intelligence to support the implementation of Uganda's new lower secondary curriculum
Hope Community High School	Jinja
Kaliro High School	Kaliro	Empower Connect: A Community Empowerment Platform Through Education, Health & Digital Inclusion
Jinja College School	Jinja	Q'VAULT. Quality Education
Soroti SS	Soroti	Assistive Aided Listening Device
Wanyange Girls' SS	Jinja
Ngora High School
Iganga SS	Iganga	Frames: Sky Ray. Curriculum Information system

And the Winners Are…

🥇 1st Place – Jinja College

🥈 2nd Place – MM College Wairaka

🥉 3rd Place – Busoga College Mwiri

The Road to NCC 2025

The victory means Jinja College 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 ISBAT University and Gulu University under the theme:

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

Expect bold ideas, passionate discussions, and cutting-edge youth projects as Uganda’s brightest ICT minds step forward to shape tomorrow through the use of ICT.

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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.