KAMPALA: President Museveni has promised funding for a group of youths who developed software to test malaria without pricking the body to get blood sample.
Mr Museveni said he would give over shs150m to Team Code 8 who developed a gadget that is attached to the finger and get malaria results.
“We have been funding the Banana processing project. But I will be able to find that money,” he said after the Team Code said they needed 55,000$ to roll out their innovation.
Team Code 8 was among several youth groups which were exhibiting their ICT innovations on Saturday at Victoria University on Jinja Road.
The annual exhibition organized under Mozilla Festival East Africa brought together over 800 creative individuals, business innovators and students.
Mr Museveni thanked Sudhir Ruparelia, the proprietor of Victoria University for introducing ICT innovative courses at the university.
“I thank him for introducing result-oriented education. He bought this university when homosexuals stopped funding it because we were telling them to keep their behaviours to themselves. We didn’t want to kill them,” he said referring to the anti-gay law that was later scrapped by the High court last year.
The Executive Director of National Information Technology Authority (NITA), Mr James Saka said the price of megabyte per month would reduce from the current 300$ per month after another underground internet cable is connected to Uganda through Tanzania. Currently, there is only one Internet underground cable that connects Uganda through Kenya.
Mr Museveni said the current price is still high and costly for businesses to operate in Uganda.
NET
ADVERTISEMENT
You must be logged in to post a comment.