Lira Town College has emerged as first runner up (2^nd place) in the national ICT clubs competition, which was held on October 03, 2025 at 9^th edition National Conference on Communications (NCC) at National ICT Innovation Hub in Nakawa. The national ICT club’s competition is funded by UCC, and coordinated by KAWA Uganda. At this year’s NCC, there were 8 schools invited, two schools from each of the four regions on Uganda – Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central.

However, only the four regional winners were allowed to compete and make final presentations. At the end of it all, Trinity College Nabbingo was overall winners, followed by Lira Town College (first runner up), and Jinja College was third place (2nd runners up).

Winners: Trinity College Nabbingo

Rewards: Three million shillings (UGX 3,000,000), a tablet for each participant, and teacher, and Lyca Mobile Mi-Fi.

1^st Runner up: Lira Town College

Rewards: Two million shillings (UGX 2,000,000), a tablet for each participant, and teacher, and Lyca Mobile Mi-Fi.

2^nd Runners up: Jinja College

1^st Runner up: Lira Town College

Rewards: One million shillings (UGX 1,000,000), a tablet for each participant, and teacher, and Lyca Mobile Mi-Fi.

The rewards

The NCC 2025 is Uganda’s premier forum for advancing locally driven, sustainable digital solutions to achieve national development goals. This year’s edition unites policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, and innovators to explore how cutting-edge technologies can address Uganda’s unique challenges while fostering inclusive growth. Earlier at the regional ICT clubs competition, held at Gulu University, Lira Town College was the overall winner, out the nine schools that participated