e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 9th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2017, Lagos, Nigeria, December 11-12, 2017, Proceedings

Research Article

Towards an Interoperability e-Government Framework for Uganda

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-98827-6_2,
        author={Benjamin Kanagwa and Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende and Raymond Mugwanya and Evelyn Kigozi Kahiigi and Silas Ngabirano},
        title={Towards an Interoperability e-Government Framework for Uganda},
        proceedings={e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 9th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2017, Lagos, Nigeria, December 11-12, 2017, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={AFRICOMM},
        year={2018},
        month={8},
        keywords={Interoperability e-government Enterprise architecture},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-98827-6_2}
    }
    
  • Benjamin Kanagwa
    Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
    Raymond Mugwanya
    Evelyn Kigozi Kahiigi
    Silas Ngabirano
    Year: 2018
    Towards an Interoperability e-Government Framework for Uganda
    AFRICOMM
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98827-6_2
Benjamin Kanagwa1,*, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende1,*, Raymond Mugwanya1,*, Evelyn Kigozi Kahiigi1,*, Silas Ngabirano1,*
  • 1: Makerere University
*Contact email: bkanagwa@cis.mak.ac.ug, jnakatumba@cis.mak.ac.ug, rmugwanya@cis.mak.ac.ug, ekahiigi@cis.mak.ac.ug, ngabirano.silas@gmail.com

Abstract

In the absence of a single entity that develops all systems for government, there is need to support a common understanding of the development environments such that new products can easily be integrated within existing services. Owing to the size of governments, different departments tend to conceive and develop services independently and yet they serve the same citizens. These services should be consistent regardless of which entity is providing the service. This paper proposes a National Enterprise Architecture (NEA) to support the implementation of an e-government interoperability framework (e-GIF). The architecture is driven by a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) model and uses ontologies to provide semantic interoperability.