Uganda Ministry of ICT & National Guidance UGANDA – JAPAN Connect Program 2024

Are you a budding entrepreneur looking to test your idea? Are you an early-stage startup going for your first customers and getting investment-ready? UJ Connect Accelerator program is your starting point for turning your idea into a real business.

UJ Connect is a project funded by the Japanese government through JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency) in support of the Uganda Ministry of ICT & National Guidance towards achieving the pillars in the Uganda Digital Transformation Roadmap in line with Digital Uganda Vision 2040.

The goal of this program is to support early-stage entrepreneurs to achieve more revenues and investments. The UJ Connect program will provide workshops, peer support and customized mentoring to get your idea/business model to achieve “product-market fit” as well as an opportunity to consult Japanese investors and companies for materializing and scaling up your business.

About Uganda Ministry of ICT & National Guidance

The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance was established in June 2006 with a mandate of providing strategic and technical leadership, overall coordination, support and advocacy on all matters of policy, laws, regulations and strategy for the ICT sector.

UGANDA – JAPAN Connect Program

Application Deadline	01 Dec 2023
Country to study	Uganda
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Uganda Ministry of ICT & National Guidance
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of UGANDA – JAPAN Connect Program

The goal of this program is to support early-stage entrepreneurs to achieve more revenues and investments. We will provide the workshops, peer support and customized mentoring to get your idea/business model to achieve “product-market fit” as well as an opportunity to consult Japanese investors and companies for materializing and scaling up your business.

Requirements for UGANDA – JAPAN Connect Program Qualification

A business/idea that leverages ICT to provide innovative solutions that solve pain points as well as scale beyond the Ugandan market.
It should be an early stage solution that is yet to raise a significant amount of investment and would like to be prepared to raise initial investment through this program.

Interview date, Process and Venue for UGANDA – JAPAN Connect Program

Program Details

The program starts in February 2024 and will run for three (3) months.
You will join a group of 15-20 entrepreneurs working on their own ideas.
The accelerator will end with a Demo Day (Pitch Day) event where entrepreneurs get to pitch their startups to Ugandan, regional, and global investors, including Japanese venture capital firms.