COTE Technologies was born during the COVID-19 pandemic at Makerere University from a simple observation: Africa has technology graduates being underutilised, while millions of children in rural communities have no pathway into the digital economy at all. Our impact work exists to close that gap — school by school, district by district, partner by partner.
In March 2025, COTE published “Analysing the Gaps in IT Education in Uganda” — original research that informs everything we build. The findings are stark.
At the primary school level, structured IT education is virtually non-existent — even though every downstream career, every government service, and every modern economic opportunity will require it.
of Uganda's secondary schools have reliable internet access
COTE Research, 2025national student-to-computer ratio in Ugandan schools
COTE Research, 2025of secondary schools have qualified IT teachers
COTE Research, 2025lag in national IT curriculum revision cycles
COTE Research, 2025CLICK is COTE's direct response to the IT education gap. It runs for 10 months at Amon Mukalazi Memorial School in Kyegegwa, serving 240 P4–P7 children — many seeing a computer for the first time in their lives. Every component is intentionally designed to be replicated in any rural African primary school.
Bi-weekly Friday sessions covering digital literacy, productivity tools, internet safety, Scratch coding and innovation. Every challenge earns CLICK Points — turning the classroom into a year-long, gamified IT journey.
Three intensive 2-week bootcamps during school holidays. Top performers go deeper into advanced coding, simple game design, robotics and project building — preparing them to represent the school at the highest level.
The school's strongest CLICK pupils compete against other schools in the IT Junior Championship — earning academic prizes, public recognition, and a clear pathway into secondary-school digital education.
CLICK is intentionally not single-donor dependent. COTE puts significant skin in the game, donors fund the expansion, and participating families contribute UGX 5,000 per pupil per month — creating community ownership from day one and a sustainability pathway long after any donor cycle ends.
COTE's impact work is built on long-term partnerships — from local school operators to international development funders to Uganda's leading universities.
Collaborating on skills development and training initiatives that prepare young Africans for careers in technology and innovation.
Visit website →25+ years operating Amon Mukalazi Memorial School. Provides community trust, school infrastructure, and ongoing access to learners and parents.
Partnering on IT training and capacity-building programmes that equip learners with practical, job-ready digital skills across Uganda.
Visit website →Internship pipelines, joint workshops, hackathons and lectures with Uganda's leading universities — connecting graduates to real engineering practice.
CLICK is designed to scale. Every component — curriculum, facilitator training, hardware kit, funding model, digital infrastructure — is documented for replication.
1 school · 240 pupils · curriculum live
10 schools · 2,400 pupils · Kyegegwa-wide
50 schools · 12,000 pupils · 5 districts
100 schools · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda
10 countries · 100,000 pupils · self-sustaining
We're actively seeking school partners, district education offices, and donors who want to help close Africa's rural digital divide.
