Edify Uganda began its work in Uganda in 2019 with a clear mission: to improve the quality of education by strengthening schools, empowering leaders, and ensuring that learning is both effective and sustainable. Since then, Edify Uganda has steadily grown its footprint across the country, working closely with school communities to address gaps in leadership, teaching quality, and access to learning resources. A major milestone in this journey has been its strategic collaboration with Kisubi Associated Writers Agency (KAWA), an organization with deep experience in curriculum-aligned content development, teacher support, and school-based innovation. Together, Edify Uganda and KAWA have embarked on an ambitious education technology initiative designed to make technology practical, relevant, and accessible to Ugandan schools.
At the heart of this collaboration is the EdTech Foundations Training for school leaders, a program that recognizes that meaningful technology adoption in schools must start with informed and empowered leadership. Since its launch, the program has reached more than 870 schools across districts such as Jinja, Kamuli, Iganga, and many others. Through this training, headteachers, proprietors, and school administrators are introduced to the fundamentals of educational technology and guided to understand how technology can improve both school management and learning outcomes. Rather than promoting technology as a luxury or a trend, the training helps leaders see EdTech as a strategic tool that supports teaching quality, learner engagement, accountability, and long-term school sustainability.
A key strength of the EdTech Foundations Training is its practical focus. School leaders are supported to explore different education technology options, understand what tools are appropriate for their specific contexts, and plan realistically for acquisition and use. The training goes beyond procurement to address what happens after technology arrives in a school. Leaders are guided on implementation planning, staff orientation, learner access, curriculum integration, and long-term maintenance. This holistic approach ensures that technology investments do not sit idle but become active drivers of school improvement.
Complementing leadership training is the ICT Integration Training for teachers, which directly responds to the demands of Uganda’s competency-based curriculum. This component of the collaboration focuses on equipping teachers with hands-on skills to integrate ICT into everyday teaching and learning. Teachers are trained to use digital tools not as add-ons, but as practical aids for lesson delivery, learner assessment, illustration of complex concepts, and learner-centred activities. By aligning the training with the new curriculum, Edify Uganda and KAWA ensure that technology use is purposeful, relevant, and directly linked to learning outcomes.
For many teachers, this training also represents an important step in continuous professional development. It builds confidence, updates teaching practices, and prepares educators to engage learners who are growing up in an increasingly digital world. Teachers learn not only how to use devices and digital content, but also how to adapt their pedagogy to encourage creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration among learners.
Recognizing that internet connectivity remains a major challenge for many schools, especially in rural areas, the collaboration places strong emphasis on digital content creation for offline use. Through KAWA’s content development expertise, curriculum-aligned digital learning materials are produced and packaged for use without reliance on constant internet access. These resources are delivered through “Internet in a Box” devices—offline digital servers that host a wide range of educational content accessible within the school environment.
These offline learning solutions have proven transformative. They give schools consistent access to quality learning materials, support teachers in lesson preparation and delivery, and allow learners to explore content independently or in groups. Designed to be user-friendly, the content ensures that both teachers and students can benefit regardless of their prior exposure to technology. Most importantly, this approach guarantees continuity of learning even in areas where connectivity is unreliable or unavailable, making digital education inclusive rather than exclusive.
Through this multi-layered collaboration, Edify Uganda and KAWA are setting a new standard for education transformation in Uganda. By focusing simultaneously on leadership, teacher capacity, and locally relevant digital content, they are addressing the full ecosystem that supports learning. Schools are becoming more efficient, teachers more confident and innovative, and learners better prepared for the future. This partnership stands as a powerful example of how technology, when thoughtfully planned and grounded in local realities, can become a catalyst for lasting educational change.
For schools, partners, and individuals interested in being part of this transformative journey, Edify Uganda continues to open doors for collaboration and learning. Together with KAWA, it is demonstrating that education technology is not just about devices, but about vision, people, and sustainable impact that empowers future generations.
