5th November
Theme Strengthening City Data Systems for Inclusive Urban Development1-Day National Conference
Objective: To share experiences, strengthen collaboration, and identify opportunities for scaling city data systems across Uganda.
Kampala, Uganda
Uganda's secondary cities are generating more data than ever before — from revenue systems, service delivery, mobility and environmental monitoring. The opportunity now is to turn that growing flow of information into timely, reliable and actionable insight for planning and decision-making.
The DataCities Uganda Conference 2026 is a working forum: less presentation, more peer learning, practical solutions and a shared agenda for the road ahead.
Drawing on a pre-conference City Needs Assessment and real experiences from Uganda's cities.
Emerging models for strengthening city data systems — from Jinja and Fort Portal to regional peers like Vihiga County.
How administrative, geospatial, private-sector and emerging data sources can be responsibly used for planning and service delivery.
Between cities, national institutions, development partners, academia and technology partners.
Concrete opportunities to pilot and scale across Uganda's cities — and over time, the region.
The programme is deliberately designed around dialogue, city-to-city exchange and solution-oriented sessions. Presentations are kept short so participants can do the work.
Two keynotes positioning city data within Uganda's digital transformation agenda.
Audience-driven conversations with keynote speakers and city leaders.
Practical experiences from Jinja and Fort Portal, plus Vihiga County, Kenya.
Interactive sessions on the priority challenges cities have identified.
From data to decisions — and from pilots to scale.
A closing plenary agreeing priority actions for 2026 and beyond.
A concise Conference Insights and Priority Actions Brief.
Feeds into Urban Data Dialogues, peer exchanges and pilots.
Makerere University
Sunbird AI
ToroDev
UN Global Pulse Uganda