Peter Kaujju
24 February 2008
Kampala — ABOUT 80% of contracts in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector are given to foreign companies although local firms have developed the capacity to handle them, writes Peter Kaujju.
"The IT sector in Uganda has been growing in the past few years. The opportunities are there but we are getting little of them. We are not less than anybody in the world in terms of service provision in the IT sector," Abhay Agrawal, the chairman and managing director of NCR, said.
NCR deals in various IT solutions like installation of Automated Teller Machines.
He said during the rewarding ceremony for DELL resellers in Uganda at the Kampala Serena Hotel that Uganda lacks an IT forum through which local companies can be heard but was optimistic the creation of the ICT ministry would help boost the sector.
Agrawal said sales for DELL computers and other IT solutions had increased during last year due to a growing network of resellers across the country.
NCR, which is the chief distributor of DELL products in Uganda, gave laptops and printers to its the leading resellers like Computer Point, Kazinga Channel Office World and PC World.
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