The Republic of Uganda 
              Ministry of Information and Communications Technology 
               
               
                      ICT Sector Strategic and 
                             Investment Plan 
                         (2015/16 – 2019/20) 
                  
                  
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         Acronyms 
         Acronym     Description 
         BFP         Budget Framework Paper 
         BN          Billion 
         BTS         Base Transmitter Station 
         CDMA        Code Division Multiple Access 
         CERT        Computer Emergency Response Team 
         CNDPF       Comprehensive National Development Planning Framework 
         Devt        Development 
         EACO        East African Communications Organisation 
         FAO         Food and Agriculture Organization 
         FDI         Foreign Direct Investment 
         FY          Financial Year 
         GCIC        Government Citizen Interaction Centre 
         GDP         Gross Domestic Product 
         GoU         Government of Uganda 
         ICT         Information and Communications Technology 
         ICT-SIP     Information and Communications Technology Sector Strategic and Investment Plan 
         IT          Information Technology 
         ITES        Information Technology Enabled Services 
         ITU         International Telecommunications Union 
         LGDP        Local Government Development Plan 
         MAAIF       Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries 
         MDGs        Millennium Development Goals 
         M&E         Monitoring and Evaluation 
         MEMD        Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 
         MoFA        Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
         MoFPED      Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development 
         MoGLSD      Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development 
         MoH         Ministry of Health 
         MoIA        Ministry of Internal Affairs 
         MoICT       Ministry of Information and Communications Technology 
         MoING       Ministry of Information and National Guidance 
         MoJCA       Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs 
         MoLHUD      Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development 
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         Acronym     Description 
         MoPS        Ministry of Public Service 
         MoTWH       Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage 
         MoU         Memorandum of Understanding 
         MoWE        Ministry of Water and Environment 
         MPS         Ministerial Policy Statement 
         MTEF        Medium Term Expenditure Framework 
         NBI         National Backbone Infrastructure         
         NCHE        National Council for Higher Education 
         NDP         National Development Plan 
         NEMA        National Environment Management Authority 
         NITA-U      National Information Technology Authority Uganda 
         NTR         Non Tax Revenue 
         OPM         Office of the Prime Minister 
         PEST        Political, Economic, Social and Technological 
         PKI         Public Key Infrastructure 
         PoP         Point of Presence 
         PPP         Public Private Partnerships 
         PWD         Persons With Disabilities 
         RCDF        Rural Communications Development Fund 
         RCIP        Regional Communications Infrastructure Project 
         R&D         Research and Development 
         SDP         Sector Development Plan 
         SLA         Service Level Agreement 
         SME         Small and Medium Enterprise 
         SWOT        Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats 
         TMT         Top Management Team 
         UBOS        Uganda Bureau of Statistics 
         UCC         Uganda Communications Commission 
         UGX         Uganda Shillings 
         UNCST       Uganda National Council for Science and Technology 
         URA         Uganda Revenue Authority 
         USD         United States Dollars 
         WHO         World Health Organisation 
         WSIS        World Summit on the Information Society 
          
          
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                   Glossary 
                  Term / Word             Description 
                  Analogue                A description of a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device designed to handle 
                                          such signals. 
                                          A computer program with an interface, enabling people to use the computer as a tool to 
                  Applications            accomplish a specific task. Word processing, spreadsheet, and communications 
                                          software are all examples of applications.  
                                          A high bandwidth connection to the Internet. It is easier and faster to use than the 
                                          traditional telephone and modem as information can be sent and downloaded much 
                  Broadband               quicker. It can be provided over your phone line, via cable or via satellite. It also 
                                          involves large volumes of information being carried at high speeds to your PC. This 
                                          allows websites, text, graphics, music and videos to be experienced in real time. 
                  Computer                A team that focuses on security breaches, denial-of-service incidents, providing alerts, 
                  Emergency               incident-handling and avoidance guidelines. The team also conducts ongoing 
                  Response Team           awareness campaign and engages in research aimed at improving security systems. 
                                          Internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked so as 
                  Cloud                   to allow sharing of data-processing tasks, centralized data storage, and online access 
                                          to computer services or resources.  
                                          The prefix "e" stands for “electronic” and refers to information technologies, business, 
                  e                       and almost anything connected to or transmitted over the Internet. Some examples of 
                                          its use include e-Commerce, e-Education, e-Government, e-Payments, e-Tourism, etc. 
                  Gross Domestic          The broadest quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity. More 
                  Product                 specifically, it represents the monetary value of all goods and services produced within 
                                          a nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time. 
                  ICT Incubation          A centrethat helps the ICT entrepreneurs to start their own businesses by providing 
                  Centre                  them with the infrastructure, intellectual support, administrative assistance, financial 
                                          advice, and development opportunities in order to achieve success. 
                  ICT protocols           A system of digital rules for data exchange within or between computers. 
                  Information Access      This is a centre designed specifically for storing, processing, and retrieving information 
                  Centre                  for dissemination at regular intervals, on demand or selectively, according to express 
                                          needs of users 
                                          The processes and methodologies which are designed and implemented to protect 
                  Information Security    print, electronic, or any other form of confidential, private and sensitive information or 
                                          data from unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure, destruction, modification, or 
                                          disruption. 
                  Internet Service        An organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the 
                  Provider                Internet. Internet service providers may be organized in various forms, such as 
                                          commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned. 
                                          The last mile or last kilometre is a phrase used by the telecommunications, cable 
                  Last mile               television and internet industries to refer to the final leg of the telecommunications 
                  connectivity            networks delivering communications connectivity to retail customers, the part that 
                                          actually reaches the customer. 
                  m                       The prefix "m-" indicates the use of mobile-communications technology for example m-
                                          Finance. 
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