#speakup barometer | Uganda

Visualizing the overall results for Uganda

See the detailed results for all of our five clusters visualized in one chart: Access, Digital Rights, Media and Journalism, Society, and Innovation. Please click to enlarge the image.

DWA DW Akademie speakup barometer Spinnengrafik Uganda

This image allows you to see the status for digital participation in Uganda in our five clusters: Digital Rights, Access, Media and Journalism, Society and Innovation.

Each spoke represents the results of one of our clusters. That means that the length of the spoke visualizes the magnitude of digital participation for the respective cluster. As well, all of the spokes together form a surface that indicates the level of participation through a colour range. The colour ranges from red in the middle to green in the outer part of the spokes. All in all, the radar chart enables to see the overall results as well as the cluster-specifif results in one view.

To read more about the colour code of the #speakup barometer, please follow this link.

The #speakup barometer is a DW Akademie project that examines the connection between digital participation, freedom of expression and access to information. Learn more at www.dw.com/barometer

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DWA DW Akademie speakup barometer Uganda

Uganda: Positive developments in innovation overshadowed by digital rights limitations

Uganda features a large number of innovation centers and the quality of digital journalism in the country is improving. But restrictive media laws and low media literacy rates are limiting digital participation.

DWA DW Akademie speakup barometer Cluster Access

Access: New investments could bring down costs

High data costs are one of the main factors hindering digital participation rates in Uganda. But the country’s stated commitment to infrastructure development could bring down prices, which is cause for optimism.

Uganda Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala, witnessradio.org

Digital Rights: Civic space continues to be constrained

Rights to online expression in Uganda are under threat. They are constrained by overly broad, vaguely defined laws that can be used by politicians to criminalize speech on the Internet they do not like.

Media: Journalists under threat

A social media explosion, the dominance of radio and a government in fear of losing control. It can be hard to find your bearings in Uganda’s media landscape—the risks and potential for participation sit side by side.

Society: Between digital enthusiasm and tradition

Ugandans love the Internet and usage rates, while still relatively low, are growing quickly. But this rapid expansion has also led to problems in a society still largely organized along traditional lines.

Innovation: A country in the starting blocks

Despite serious challenges around red tape, infrastructure and poor capital flows, Uganda’s government has plans to jump start the country’s ICT sector. Observers say there’s reason for cautious optimism.