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Issue 027 — East Africa Tech Tenders — 17 Opportunities Across 6 Countries — 2 Oct 2026

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Issue 027 · 2 October 2026

17 live tech tenders across six markets — deadline watch: 12 October–12 November 2026

Somalia's Ministry of Finance has re-advertised an African Development Fund tender for the Central Bank of Somalia's servers, storage and data centre switching, and Ethiopia's Federal Public Procurement Service is buying IT equipment for 40 government universities and 123 federal budgetary organisations under two concurrent international tenders. Kenya's ICT Authority is rolling out 300 public WiFi hotspots in four regional lots, while the Teachers Service Commission has four ICT procurements closing on the same morning. Coverage spans Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda.

17Live opportunities

6Markets

8Sources

12 OctClosest deadline

Featured Opportunity

★ Featured this week

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Equipment for the Central Bank of Somalia — Two Lots (Re-advertisement)

Ministry of Finance, Federal Government of Somalia · Financial Sector Development Project · IT Infrastructure & Data Centres · Mogadishu

Deadline

12 November 2026, 11:00 Mogadishu time

Reference

MOF/FSDP-RFB-001-2025 · Lot 1 and Lot 2

Funder

African Development Fund · Grant No. 2100155043469

Method

Open Competitive Bidding (International) · AfDB 2015 procurement policy

Bid security

Bid-Securing Declaration

Delivery

CIP Mogadishu · 120 days, both lots

Lot 1 covers the compute and storage core: eight enterprise rack servers for standard workloads, four high-performance rack servers and one enterprise high-performance storage array. Lot 2 covers the network: three data centre switches and twelve access switches. Bidders may take one or both lots, contracts are awarded lot by lot with discounts for combined lots taken into account, and every item within a lot must be quoted at 100% of the stated quantity.

This is a re-advertisement of a 2025 procurement, now issued on 1 October 2026 with a 41-day window. A Bid-Securing Declaration in place of a cash guarantee, combined with international competition, keeps the field open to mid-sized integrators as well as tier-one OEM partners. Qualification criteria sit in the bidding document rather than the notice, so the practical first step is the document request itself.

Who should bid: Enterprise server, storage and data centre networking integrators with OEM partner status and the logistics to land and commission hardware in Mogadishu, ideally with central bank or financial-sector data centre references. Lot 2 stands on its own for network specialists. Regional integrators without a Mogadishu presence will need an in-country partner for delivery, commissioning and the hand-delivered bid.

Bidding documents are issued on written application by email to mof.efgisprecruitement@aol.com, copied to piu.procurement@mof.gov.so. The primary address is an AOL account rather than a government domain, so always copy the gov.so address. Electronic bidding is not permitted: sealed bids go to the FSDP Project Office, Ministry of Finance, 5th Floor, Shangani District, opposite the Central Bank of Somalia, Mogadishu (attention: Suad Egal), with public opening at the same address and hour. Beneficial ownership disclosure is required from the successful bidder. EATT provides in-country bid submission support in Mogadishu.

Kenya

5 opportunities across 2 issuers · deadlines 12 October–12 November

In-country submission support: both of this week's Kenyan issuers require sealed physical bids in Nairobi — Telposta Towers for ICTA and TSC House, Upper Hill for the Teachers Service Commission. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Kenya for subscribers without local presence.

Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of 300 Public WiFi Hotspots in Four Lots

12 Nov · 41 days

ICT Authority (ICTA) · Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project · Connectivity · Nairobi

Deadline

12 November 2026, 10:00 EAT

Reference

KE-ICTA-571735-GO-RFB · Notice OP00470917

Funder

World Bank Credits 7289-KE and 7290-KE · KDEAP

Method

National competitive RFB · one-envelope · open to all eligible bidders

Bid security

KES 1,000,000 (~USD 7,740) per lot

Delivery

16 weeks per lot from contract signing

Three hundred public WiFi sites split into four regional lots: 51 sites across Coast and North Eastern (Lot 1), 90 across Nairobi, Central and Eastern (Lot 2), 82 across North Rift and South Rift (Lot 3) and 77 across Nyanza and Western (Lot 4). Bidders may bid for one or several lots, and discounts offered for multiple-lot awards are permitted provided they are stated in the Letter of Bid. The rollout sits inside the same World Bank credit as the national fibre backbone framework and the 600-institution WiFi router tender carried in Issue 025, and the 16-week delivery period per lot is tight for a multi-county build.

Who should bid: Wireless network integrators and ISPs with outdoor WiFi deployment experience and the field teams to commission sites across several counties within 16 weeks. Lot 2 carries the most sites and is the most urban; Lot 1 covers the hardest logistics. Firms with strong regional presence may find a single lot the more credible bid than a national spread.

Physical submission only. Sealed bids to the Information and Communications Technology Authority, 12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, with public opening at the same address and hour. Electronic bidding is not permitted. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Kenya.

Sources: World Bank STEP notice OP00470917, published 25 September 2026; MyGov Kenya, 29 September 2026. Documents free from icta.go.ke/tenders or tenders.go.ke — notify ICTA of intent to bid at procurement@ict.go.ke. STEP notice →

Teachers Service Commission — Four ICT Procurements: TPAD System, Scanner Licensing, School Connectivity and AI Teacher Retooling

12 Oct · 10 days

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) · Software & Licensing · Connectivity · ICT Consulting · TSC House, Upper Hill, Nairobi

Four TSC procurements closing Monday 12 October 2026 at 10:00, all submitted to the same tender box. Separate contracts under separate references, biddable independently. Three run under the World Bank-supported Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning (KPEEL) programme; the fourth is an Expression of Interest, so responding firms are shortlisted for a later full proposal rather than pricing the work now.

Reference · Bid security

Scope

TSC/T/KPEEL/01/2026-2027
KES 160,000 (~USD 1,238)

System review, development, deployment and maintenance of the Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) online systems. Open tender.

TSC/T/KPEEL/02/2026-2027
KES 100,000 (~USD 774)

Software licensing and software assurance for Kodak and Fujitsu scanners. Open tender. Pre-bid visit Thursday 8 October, 10:00–12:00.

TSC/T/KPEEL/04/2026-2027
KES 36,000 (~USD 279)

Internet connectivity for virtual learning infrastructure in primary schools under KPEEL. Open tender.

TSC/EOI/01/2026-2027
No bid security

Expression of Interest: retooling teachers on digital capacity building, pedagogical innovation, AI applications, data ethics and practical AI tools in Competency-Based Education.

The TPAD contract is the substantive software engagement: TPAD is the appraisal platform every TSC-employed teacher reports through, and the scope runs from review of the existing system through redevelopment to ongoing maintenance. The scanner licensing tender is a vendor-specific renewal, so Kodak Alaris and Fujitsu (Ricoh) partner status is effectively a qualification gate.

Who should bid: GovTech and HR-systems developers with public-sector performance management references for TPAD; authorised Kodak Alaris and Fujitsu document-imaging partners for the scanner licensing; ISPs with school and rural last-mile capability for the connectivity tender; and EdTech or digital-skills training firms with AI curriculum experience for the EOI. With ten days to close, document download should happen today.

Physical submission only. Plain sealed envelopes marked with the tender number and description, addressed to The Secretary, Teachers Service Commission, Private Bag 00100, Nairobi, and deposited in the Tender Box, TSC House, Podium Wing, ground floor, Kilimanjaro Road, Upper Hill. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Kenya.

Source: MyGov Kenya, 29 September 2026. Documents free from tsc.go.ke or tenders.go.ke, or in person at Supply Chain Management Services, TSC House 2nd floor, Podium Wing. Enquiries ddprocurement@tsc.go.ke.

Tanzania

3 opportunities across 2 issuers · deadlines 20–23 October

In-country submission support: Enabel accepts paper tenders only, by mail or hand delivery in Dar es Salaam, and the BIG-Z expressions of interest are delivered in Zanzibar. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Tanzania, including Zanzibar.

BIG-Z Zanzibar — Local Government Revenue System Upgrade, and National Spatial Data Infrastructure Policy Framework (EOIs)

20 Oct · 18 days

Ministry of Finance and Planning, Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar · Software & Licensing · ICT Consulting · Zanzibar

Two World Bank-financed requests for expressions of interest under the Boosting Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar project (P165128, IDA-69140-TZ), both closing 20 October 2026 and both delivered to the same project office. Quality and Cost-Based Selection, firm selection, joint ventures and sub-consultancies permitted. Separate assignments, biddable independently — but they interlock: the revenue system must be GIS-enabled in line with ZanSDI, and the second assignment writes the ZanSDI rules.

Reference · Duration

Scope

TZ-POFP-573107-CS-QCBS
STEP OP00471767 · 36 weeks

Assess, upgrade and implement the Local Government Revenue Collection System (MUTM): architecture, source code, database, security and scalability review; two costed upgrade options; implementation of the approved option with GIS enablement, integration with ZanMalipo, ZRA, MoFP systems, eGAZ and LARIS, data migration, UAT, rollout to all 12 Local Government Authorities, training-of-trainers and hypercare.

TZ-POFP-573105-CS-QCBS
STEP OP00471770 · 32 weeks

Policy framework for Zanzibar's National Spatial Data Infrastructure (ZanSDI): legislative and regulatory audit, institutional mapping, governance model, national ZanSDI policy, metadata, access-classification and data-quality protocols, and standard MoUs and SLAs for inter-agency data sharing.

The shortlisting bars differ. MUTM requires ten years' core business in ICT, software development and IT system assessment, at least one public financial management or municipal revenue system assignment in a developing country, and GIS integration experience — the notice names PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer and QGIS. ZanSDI requires seven years in business and one completed assignment of similar scale within the last five years, with UN-GGIM IGIF and ISO/OGC alignment counting as an advantage. The ZanSDI notice body quotes reference TZ-POFP-673105-CS-QCBS against 573105 on STEP; quote both in correspondence.

Who should bid: Revenue and GovTech system integrators with GIS capability for MUTM, particularly firms with local government revenue or property tax deployments in East Africa. Geospatial governance consultancies and data-governance advisors for ZanSDI. Firms covering both disciplines can submit for each independently.

Expressions of interest in writing, in person or by mail, to the Project Coordinator, BIG-Z Project, Ministry of Finance and Planning, First Floor, Sea View Wing, Vuga Street, P.O. Box 1154, Zanzibar. Email submissions to bigzpmt@gmail.com are accepted only with a confirmation of receipt — if none arrives within two days, call +255 777 429269. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Tanzania, including Zanzibar.

Source: World Bank STEP notices OP00471767 and OP00471770, published 29 September 2026. Terms of reference on request from bigzpmt@gmail.com. Office hours 07:30–15:30 EAT.

Consultancy for Development of a Women in Tech (WiT) Community Platform, and EU-Africa Venture Sourcing

23 Oct · 21 days

Enabel (Belgian Development Agency), Tanzania · AEDIB 2.0 · Software & Licensing · Dar es Salaam

Deadline

23 October 2026, 12:00 EAT

Reference

TZA25001-10031

Method

Negotiated procedure, published on enabel.be · negotiation and BAFO

Evaluation

70% technical (minimum 50) · 30% price

Turnover

Average ≥ EUR 100,000 across 2024–25

Term

730 days · max 280 person-days · priced in EUR

Two linked workstreams in one contract. The first is a production-grade community platform for Women in Tech chapters across Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal: mobile-first and WhatsApp-native with phone-number identity, operating simultaneously in English, Kiswahili and French, with chapter hosting, mentorship matching, AI-enabled matchmaking, a data room, M&E dashboards and a gender-disaggregated data layer feeding a women's digital-entrepreneurship barometer. At least six chapters must be onboarded. The second sources and vets twelve EU and African ventures, delivers six investor-readiness sessions and runs at least three matchmaking sessions, one in person. The terms of reference ask for configuration of proven platform infrastructure rather than a bespoke build; bidders using a proprietary engine must disclose licensing, hosting continuity and data-portability terms, and Enabel owns all data and assignment-specific deliverables.

CVs are required for four experts: a team leader with eight years' experience, a platform lead with five, a Kiswahili and English onboarding specialist, and a venture sourcing lead with five. Enabel withholds 15% tax on payments to non-resident firms and 5% for Tanzanian firms. A 5% performance bond applies, and no advance payment is made. Clarification questions close 13 October; consolidated answers are published by 16 October. The technical offer is capped at 20 A4 pages.

Who should bid: A consortium is the realistic route — a community or membership platform provider with WhatsApp integration and genuine Kiswahili support, paired with a venture-building or investment-readiness firm. Providers with an existing engine have a structural advantage, since the scope rewards configuration over development.

Paper tenders only — emailed tenders are discarded. One signed original plus PDF copies on a USB stick, in a sealed envelope marked with the tender reference and addressed to Ramadhani Selemani, Procurement Officer. By mail or hand delivery (working days 09:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00) to Enabel, Oasis Office Park, 4th Floor, 14/15 Masaki, Haile Selassie Road, Dar es Salaam. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Tanzania.

Source: enabel.be, tender specifications TZA25001-10031. Clarifications in writing to ramadhani.selemani@enabel.be.

Rwanda

3 opportunities across 3 issuers · deadlines 13–20 October

In-country submission support: two of this week's Rwandan opportunities require bound, sealed physical bids in Kigali, and BK General Insurance issues its specifications in person only. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Rwanda.

International Consultancy Firm to Provide an AI Capacity Building Program

13 Oct · 11 days

UNDP Rwanda · Data Centres & Virtualisation · ICT Consulting · Kigali

Deadline

13 October 2026, 10:00 GMT-4 (17:00 EAT)

Reference

UNDP-RWA-00423,1

Method

Request for Proposal · UNDP Quantum

Delivery

10-day training · 20 delegates · 5 weeks' follow-up support

Registration

UNGM basic level · UNDP Quantum supplier profile

Submission

Electronic, directly in Quantum

Despite the title, this is hands-on infrastructure engineering training rather than AI awareness. The firm must build dedicated physical lab environments supporting NVIDIA vGPU, MIG and VFIO passthrough exercises, configured to reflect participating countries' deployed NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure, and submit a lab bill of materials, technical architecture and curriculum compliance matrix with its proposal. Delivery is a ten-day programme of instructor-led sessions and hands-on labs for 20 confirmed delegates, with daily knowledge checks, a final operations capstone, certificates, five weeks of virtual support and handover of validation checklists and runbook templates. The reference to participating countries suggests a multi-country delegation, although Rwanda is the only listed beneficiary.

Who should bid: NVIDIA Partner Network training providers and data centre integrators with certified instructors and access to GPU lab hardware. The lab bill of materials is part of the technical proposal, so firms need to know where the hardware comes from before pricing.

Source: UNGM, published 28 September 2026. Create a draft response in Quantum to receive amendment notifications. Enquiries through the Quantum messaging function; procurement contact procurement.rw@undp.org.

Supply, Installation, Configuration and Commissioning of BKGI IT Infrastructure Modernization, Cybersecurity Enhancement and Business Continuity Project

14 Oct · 12 days

BK General Insurance Company Ltd (BK Group) · IT Infrastructure · Cybersecurity · Kigali

Deadline

14 October 2026, 15:00 Kigali time

Reference

Invitation to Tender № 04/AN/AM/COO/ADMIN/2026

Bid security

3% of the financial offer

Document fee

RWF 20,000 (~USD 14), non-refundable

Pricing

Rwandan francs, with delivery period and warranty stated

Opening

14 October 2026, 15:30, BKGI board room

The notice gives only the project title, but the title describes three disciplines in one bid: infrastructure refresh, security uplift and business continuity. Full technical specifications are available only from the BKGI procurement department at head office between 29 September and 14 October. Bidders must supply an RSSB certificate, trade licence, RRA tax clearance and performance certificates evidencing similar work, alongside the 3% bid security.

Who should bid: Rwanda-registered systems integrators with infrastructure, security and disaster recovery capability under one roof. The RSSB and RRA certificates and franc-denominated pricing effectively require local registration; regional integrators will need a Rwandan partner of record.

Physical collection and submission. Specifications are collected in person from BKGI's procurement department. Two printed, bound and sealed copies, one marked original, addressed to the Chief Operations Officer, BK General Insurance Head Office (Old I&M Bank building), Kigali, with proof of payment of the RWF 20,000 fee to BKGI account 00040-00692482-32 at Bank of Kigali. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Rwanda.

Source: The New Times (jobs.newtimes.co.rw), published 29 September 2026.

Hiring a Service Provider to Manage and Provide Sage 100 Software Services

20 Oct · 18 days

Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB) · Software & Licensing · Kigali

Deadline

20 October 2026, 10:00 Kigali time

Reference

Issued with tender documents

Eligibility

Local service providers

Document fee

RWF 10,000 (~USD 7), non-refundable

Documents

By email on proof of payment

Opening

Immediately after close

RCB is procuring ongoing management and service of its Sage 100 installation, which reads as licensing, support and administration of an existing deployment rather than a new implementation. The advert does not print the tender reference, although bidders must mark it on the envelope — it arrives with the tender documents. Pay the RWF 10,000 fee to RCB account 0009507728806-72 at Bank of Kigali and email proof of payment to receive the documents.

Who should bid: Rwanda-based Sage partners and accounting-systems support providers with Sage 100 implementation and support credentials. The local-provider restriction excludes regional firms bidding direct.

Physical submission only. A printed, properly bound proposal in a sealed envelope marked with the tender reference, title and bidder name, plus a soft copy on an external hard drive, delivered to the new RCB procurement office, RMT building, KN 3 Ave, Kigali. Late bids are rejected. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Rwanda.

Source: The New Times (jobs.newtimes.co.rw), published 29 September 2026. Proof of payment and enquiries to procurement@rcb.rw.

Ethiopia

3 opportunities across 2 issuers · deadlines 13–27 October

Procurement of Tablets, All-in-One Desktop Computers, Enterprise Centralized Storage Server, High-Performance AI-Ready Student Data and Assessment Server, and Scanners

13 Oct · 11 days

Educational Assessment and Examination Service (EAES) · IT Infrastructure · Addis Ababa

Deadline

13 October 2026, 10:00 Addis Ababa time

Reference

ET-EAES-565371-GO-RFB · Notice OP00471589

Funder

World Bank trust fund TF0C8111 · P501017

Method

National competitive RFB · Ethiopia eGP

Bid security

ETB 500,000 (~USD 3,092) · bank guarantee or CPO

Turnover

Average ETB 60m (~USD 371,000)

End-user devices and the back-end to support them: tablets, all-in-one desktops and scanners alongside an enterprise centralised storage server and a high-performance AI-ready server for student data and assessment. Financial qualification is strict on liquidity — a current ratio of at least 1.2 in each of the last three audited Ethiopian-calendar years (2015–2017 E.C.), with failure in any single year disqualifying — plus access to ETB 4m (~USD 24,700) in liquid assets or credit. Experience requires one similar contract of ETB 28m (~USD 173,000) or two of ETB 14m (~USD 86,600) each within the last three years. The notice says each item is treated as a lot but tabulates experience for Lot 1 only; confirm in the RFB whether item-by-item bidding is permitted. Bids open at 10:30 the same day.

Who should bid: Ethiopian IT suppliers registered on eGP with both end-user and server lines, or OEMs and distributors working through one. The national method and eGP registration make a local partner the practical route for foreign firms.

Source: World Bank STEP notice OP00471589, published 28 September 2026. Bidding document ETB 200 (~USD 1) via the eGP system. Enquiries to EAES procurement, 1st floor, room 109, or chernet.belete@eaes.et.

Federal Public Procurement Service — IT Equipment for 40 Government Universities and 123 Federal Budgetary Organizations

26–27 Oct · 24–25 days

Federal Public Procurement Service (PPS) · IT Infrastructure · King George Avenue (6 Kilo), Addis Ababa

Two concurrent Treasury-funded international competitive tenders from Ethiopia's central purchasing body, invited 1 October 2026 and closing a day apart. Separate procurements with separate pre-bid conferences, biddable independently — grouped here because issuer, method, bid security, turnover bar and submission mechanics are identical. Clarification requests for both close 14 October at 17:00.

Reference · Deadline

Scope

PPS-ICB-G-0009-2019-BID-Open
26 October 2026, 14:00

Lot 1: IT equipment for 40 government universities. Pre-bid conference 13 October, 08:30. Opening 15:00. Experience certificate of at least ETB 120m (~USD 742,000) in a single contract — the notice gives both a three-year and a five-year lookback; confirm against BDS 16.3.

PPS-ICB-G-0016-2019-BID-Open
27 October 2026, 09:00

Lot 1: IT equipment for 123 federal budgetary organizations. Pre-bid conference 12 October, 09:00. Opening 10:00. Experience threshold set in BDS 16.3; professional practice certificates where the BDS requires them.

Common to both: average annual turnover of at least ETB 200m (~USD 1.24m) over the last two years with independently audited statements, manufacturer authorisation, at least five staff of whom two are senior experts, and bid security of ETB 1.5m (~USD 9,276) by bank or wire transfer, bank guarantee or CPO — small and micro enterprises may substitute a letter. Foreign bidders are expressly provided for and submit a registration certificate or trade licence from their home country; VAT and tax clearance apply to domestic bidders. The 2019 in each reference is the Ethiopian fiscal year, 2026/27.

Who should bid: Large IT hardware distributors and integrators with OEM authorisation and multi-site public-sector rollout experience. The ETB 200m turnover bar excludes most mid-sized suppliers acting alone; the notices provide for joint ventures. Bidders can pursue one tender or both.

Bid security must be attached in the eGP system and also delivered in person before the closing time to the Federal Public Procurement Service, King George Avenue (6 Kilo), Addis Ababa — room 212 for the universities tender, 2nd floor for the federal organizations tender. EATT provides in-country bid submission support across Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopia eGP (production.egp.gov.et), invitations dated 1 October 2026. Participation fee 2,000 (~USD 12). Enquiries asmareyb@fpps.gov.et, tel +251 111 223722.

Somalia

1 opportunity (plus Featured — see above) · deadline 19 October

In-country submission support: both of this week's Somali tenders require hand-delivered bids at the Ministry of Finance in Mogadishu, and neither permits electronic bidding. EATT provides in-country bid submission support in Mogadishu.

Supply and Distribution of Android Smartphones and Tablets (Deadline Extension)

19 Oct · 17 days

Ministry of Finance, Federal Government of Somalia · Recurrent Cost & Reform Financing Phase III · IT Infrastructure · Mogadishu

Deadline

19 October 2026, 12:00 Mogadishu time

Reference

SO-MOF-535212-GO-RFB · Notice OP00471469

Funder

World Bank IDA-E3120 · P173731

Method

National competitive RFB · one-envelope

Bid security

Bid-Securing Declaration

Quantities

760 Android smartphones · 40 branded tablets · 45-day delivery

An extension notice for a device procurement under the RCRF programme. Bidders must quote both items at 100% of quantities — bids with incomplete items or quantities are rejected outright, and the contract goes to the lowest evaluated substantially responsive bid. The 45-day delivery window from contract signature favours suppliers with stock on hand or a fast import channel. The notice states that the deadline has been compressed to fit the remaining days of the year.

Who should bid: Mobile device distributors and resellers with in-country delivery capacity in Somalia, or regional suppliers partnered with a Mogadishu agent. The Bid-Securing Declaration removes the cash-guarantee barrier.

Bidding documents in hard copy only, released on written application by email. Physical submission only — sealed bids to the RCRF Project Coordinator, PIU Office, 4th Floor, Ministry of Finance HQ, Shingani, Mogadishu. Public opening at 12:00 the same day in the Ministry of Finance conference room. EATT provides in-country bid submission support in Mogadishu.

Source: World Bank STEP notice OP00471469, published 27 September 2026. Document requests to rcrfrecuitment@mof.gov.so (address spelt as published). Office hours 09:00–16:30, Saturday to Thursday.

Uganda

1 opportunity · deadline 15 October

Expression of Interest — Consultancy Services for Establishment of a National Nuclear Fuel Resources Database for Uganda

15 Oct · 13 days

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) · Software & Data · Kampala

Deadline

15 October 2026, 10:00 EAT

Reference

MEMD/CONS/2026-2027/00010

Stage

Expression of Interest · shortlist of up to six firms

Selection

Consulting firms · joint ventures permitted

Platform

Relational database (SQL Server or PostgreSQL class) with GIS layer

Submission

Procurement and Disposal Unit, MEMD, Kampala

Uganda is building a national database of nuclear fuel resources to support decision-making on its planned nuclear power programme. The consultancy covers a data management plan, collection and digitisation of existing geological and exploration records, data verification and quality assurance, design and development of the database, reporting and visualisation including GIS outputs, and training and technical support for MEMD staff on use, administration and maintenance. Responding firms establish the shortlist; up to six will be invited to submit full proposals.

Who should bid: Geoscience data management firms and database developers with mineral or energy-sector records systems experience, ideally with GIS integration references. Firms without geological domain knowledge should associate with a geoscience partner.

Source: print advertisement, week of 28 September 2026. Expressions of interest to the Head, Procurement and Disposal Unit, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Kampala.

Upcoming Intelligence

Signal · Kenya · Connectivity

KDEAP Has Moved Into a Steady Tendering Cadence

Kenyan officials and the World Bank reviewed the USD 390m Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project on 14 September, with reports from the review putting disbursement at around 8% of the credit. Since then, ICTA has issued four KDEAP procurements in under three weeks: the national fibre backbone and cross-border links framework, Wi-Fi routers for 600 universities and TVETs, the 300 public hotspots carried in this issue, and refurbishment works for Huduma Centres at the Amagoro, Holili and Moyale border points. A low disbursement figure at mid-term combined with this cadence points to further KDEAP lots rather than fewer — the project still has most of its credit to commit, and border-point Huduma refurbishment typically precedes connectivity and equipment fit-out.

Signal: monitor icta.go.ke/tenders and World Bank STEP under P170941 (Credits 7289-KE and 7290-KE) weekly.

Signal · Tanzania · Connectivity & IT Infrastructure

Tanzania's 2026/27 ICT Budget Is Weighted Almost Entirely Toward Construction

Tanzania has allocated TZS 222.6bn (~USD 84m) to ICT development for 2026/27, with 94.1% earmarked for development rather than recurrent spending. The largest line is TZS 103.6bn (~USD 39m) for the National ICT Broadband Backbone, followed by TZS 40bn (~USD 15m) for 636 rural communication towers. The budget also covers two data centres in Dodoma and Zanzibar, five zonal technology centres and 32 one-stop service centres. Deputy Minister Dr Switbert Mkama called on 8 September for more public and private investment in digital infrastructure. Budget lines of this shape convert into supply, installation and civil-telecoms tenders through the financial year.

Signal: watch NeST (nest.go.tz), TTCL and UCSAF procurement notices for backbone, tower and data centre lots.

Signal · Tanzania · Connectivity

The USD 150m Digital Tanzania Project Closes on 31 October

The World Bank-financed Digital Tanzania Project, running since 2021, is scheduled to end on 31 October 2026. Officials reported at a September stakeholders' meeting that it has built 758 new telecommunications towers and upgraded 304 existing sites from 2G to 3G and 4G, alongside connecting government institutions to shared digital systems and training public servants. Two consequences follow for vendors: residual contracts and close-out procurement in the final weeks, and the open question of a successor operation to carry the connectivity and e-government agenda forward.

Signal: monitor World Bank STEP for the Digital Tanzania Project and the Bank's Tanzania pipeline for a follow-on digital operation.

Signal · Ethiopia · Software & Data

A National Data Governance Law Is Heading to Parliament

Ethiopia is advancing a national data governance framework that would set common rules for data sharing, security, interoperability and reuse across government systems, under the Digital Ethiopia 2030 strategy. The strategy envisages a unified national data infrastructure linking sovereign cloud platforms, government data centres, national registries and data-exchange systems, plus a national data analytics infrastructure. The draft is not yet law and parliament may amend it. Adoption would create the legal basis for interoperability platforms, data-exchange layers and analytics infrastructure to be procured at federal level.

Signal: track parliamentary adoption, then the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Ethiopian Communications Authority for implementing directives and procurement.

Signal · DRC · Software — deadline extended

SNEL's Integrated MIS and GIS Tender, Featured in Issue 020, Now Closes 23 November

The World Bank-financed procurement for an integrated management information system for the national electricity utility — ERP, commercial management, incident management and GIS as one solution — has had its deadline moved from 28 September to 23 November 2026 at 15:00 Kinshasa time (UTC+1), with technical opening at 15:30. The postponement notice is dated 25 September. All other terms stand: international competition under the World Bank's September 2025 regulations, 60% technical and 40% cost weighting, USD 75,000 bid security, a USD 100 French-language dossier and physical-only submission at UCM, Concession Zimbali & Gombe River, Kinshasa-Gombe. Firms that passed on time grounds now have seven further weeks.

Signal: World Bank STEP ZR-UCM-545981-GO-RFP (P173506, AGREE). Enquiries procurement@ucmenergie-rdc.com. EATT provides in-country bid submission support in Kinshasa.

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