Strategic Focus
Areas
Eight strategic focus areas addressing the most pressing digital leadership challenges across East Africa.
Eight Working Groups
One agenda across
all focus areas.
Working Group
Digital Skills as Economic Infrastructure
Treating workforce capability as productivity capital aligned with enterprise digitisation, cybersecurity readiness, cloud adoption, and fintech interoperability.
🎯 25% increase in industry-aligned digital competencies
Working Group
Technology Trends as Implementation Enablers
Deploying AI, secure cloud infrastructure, interoperable data platforms, and regional cybersecurity coordination as practical enablers of resilience and efficiency.
🎯 30% of supported innovations to address informal sector risk & fraud
Working Group
Platforms Over Apps for Scalable Growth
Prioritising interoperable digital infrastructure, shared identity layers, payment interoperability, regional switching frameworks, and data exchange standards over fragmented application development.
🎯 Interoperable infrastructure as the default architecture
Working Group
Closing the Digital Adoption Gap
Shifting from measuring network coverage to driving productive utilisation. Targeting underserved populations to ensure digital access translates into real economic participation.
🎯 20–30% increase in active digital engagement within 3 years
Working Group
From Policy Strength to Execution Capability
Bridging the persistent gap between robust policy frameworks and on-the-ground execution, building institutional capacity to deliver on digital commitments.
🎯 30% improvement in execution efficiency across supported initiatives
Working Group
Sustainable Financing of the Digital Economy
Transitioning digital infrastructure from short-term project funding to long-term asset financing through blended finance, pooled procurement, and public-private partnerships.
🎯 At least 1:3 leverage of private capital on public digital investment
Working Group
Digital Transformation as a Jobs Strategy
Operationalising digital transformation as a measurable employment and productivity strategy, targeting informal businesses integrating digital tools and platforms.
🎯 15–20% income improvement among digitally integrated informal businesses
Working Group
Tech4Africa
Advancing pan-African technology collaboration, continental digital infrastructure, cross-border interoperability, and Uganda's strategic contribution to Africa's digital economy.
🎯 3+ cross-border partnerships per year · Uganda leaders on 2+ continental ICT bodies