Uganda Does Not Reject Technology. It Rejects Technology That Fails People.
Taremwa Rodney
Jul 26, 2026
Ugandans are not anti-technology. They reject technology that is forced, confusing, expensive, or disconnected from real life. When a digital system solves a real problem and earns trust, people adopt it. When it fails to do that, resistance is not backwardness — it is common sense.
