Transport & Mobility · 2025
One Year of Electric Public Transport in Uganda.
E-Bus Xpress closed its first full year of operations, pairing electric buses with cashless payments and journey tracking.
LinkedIn · E-Bus Xpress Kiira Ltd
Transport & Mobility
IoT Traffic Control for East African Cities.
A practical note on sensors, cameras and adaptive signals — and why Kampala, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam are named as the test case.
Briefing
What this piece covers.
The article sets out a familiar ITS stack: sensors on roads and signals, cameras that read flow, and controllers that can change a cycle when the junction is loaded. Kampala, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam are named because that is where congestion already costs time and fuel.
Adaptive signals only work if the field equipment is specified, installed and maintained. The briefing is a reminder of the operating idea; the engineering is still cabinets, detectors, communications and a programme the city can hold a contractor to.
Samanga did not write these articles. The briefing on this page is ours; the original stays on LinkedIn.
Further reading
More briefings.
Transport & Mobility · 2024
Uganda’s Digital Number Plates and Intelligent Transport.
Phase three of the digital plate rollout sits inside a wider intelligent transport system — RFID, QR identification and vehicle records.
LinkedIn · LinkedIn Pulse
Energy Solutions · 2025
UEDCL Takes On Uganda’s Power Distribution Network.
After taking over from Umeme, UEDCL has set out how it intends to stabilise distribution — audits, overload work and system upgrades.
LinkedIn · LinkedIn Pulse