Ericsson

Presence & Operations

• Office Location: Ericsson Uganda is based in Kampala at Plot 24B, Akii‑Bua Road, Nakasero.

• Core Activities:

  • Rolling out and expanding 4G/5G network infrastructure, including Ericsson Radio System and Cloud RAN.

  • Providing cloud software (Core, OSS/BSS, automation), private wireless, enterprise wireless (Private 5G/WAN), and network management.

  • Offering vertical solutions: defence, public safety, rail, government, energy, and education sectors.

✅ Strategic Partnerships & Impact

With MTN Uganda

• Mobile Money & Financial Literacy Initiative
  In March–April 2024 and July 2024, Ericsson and MTN Uganda ran a three-week training for women entrepreneurs in Kampala markets (e.g. Kalerwe), teaching them mobile-money tools via Ericsson’s Mobile Financial Services powering MTN’s MoMo platform.

  • Aimed to promote gender and financial inclusion.

  • The program included savings, cash‑flow, credit training, practical MoMo use, and a competition rewarding top local MoMo users.

• Supplier Innovation Award
  In August 2024, Ericsson (with GD Experts Ltd) received MTN Uganda’s Supplier Innovation Award for enhancing MTN’s network infrastructure and service delivery.

• Mobile Wallet Platform
  Ericsson implemented its Converged Wallet platform to support MTN Uganda’s ~7 million MoMo users, ensuring compliance with local regulation and service reliability.

🌍 Regional Leadership

• Ericsson leads the “Africa in Motion” initiative, with over 2,300 staff across Africa helping deploy 2G–5G networks and supporting ~80 million mobile-money users continent-wide.

• In Uganda, these efforts support broader digital transformation—enabling faster connectivity, IoT services, fintech, and smart services.

👩‍💼 Local Talent & Careers

• Ericsson Kampala runs various roles—from ICT program directors, Scrum Masters, and SME Operations Assurance to engineering and field service positions.

• Many jobs focus on telecom: deployment, charging systems, operations assurance, and cloud/mobile wallet services.

🔧 What This Means For Uganda

• Connectivity: Accelerated roll-out of 4G/5G underpins digital inclusion, smart-city, fintech, e-learning, IoT, and more.

• Economic & Social Impact: Their financial literacy programs help women grow businesses, driving local economic empowerment.

• Innovation & Efficiency: National mobile-money backbone and private 5G build capabilities, and winning MTN’s innovation award highlights Ericsson’s region-stage technological edge.

🔍 Summary

Ericsson is a major enabler of Uganda’s telecom and digital ecosystem—with strong infrastructure deployment, career opportunities, fintech partnerships (especially through MTN MoMo), and initiatives for inclusion and innovation.