Vocational training institute
Accredited courses in data centre operations, electrical and cooling systems, network engineering and cybersecurity, designed with employers in Uganda and Rwanda and taught on working equipment.
Technical education and digital infrastructure for the Kigezi highlands.
Kihumuro Development Institute is a not-for-profit organisation establishing a technical training institute and community campus at Kihumuro Hill, Kabale, in south-west Uganda.
Kihumuro Hill, Kabale District, Kigezi sub-region, Uganda
What we are building
Kigezi sits at the junction of Uganda, Rwanda and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with fibre connectivity, reliable grid power and a new regional airport under construction. It has the conditions to become a centre for digital skills and services in the Great Lakes region, but young people currently leave to find that training elsewhere.
The Institute exists to change that. We are developing a campus at Kihumuro Hill that combines a vocational training institute with the live digital infrastructure students learn on, so that qualifications are earned alongside real equipment and real employers.
Digital skills for the community
Short courses and open sessions for secondary-school leavers, teachers, small businesses and local government staff across Kabale and neighbouring districts, delivered on campus and online.
Regional research and collaboration
A base for partners, universities and public bodies working on connectivity, sovereign data and sustainable power in the region, with meeting and conferencing facilities hosted by the Institute.
Kihumuro Hill
The campus site is a hilltop plot beside the Kabale broadcasting mast, about ten kilometres from the Katuna border with Rwanda and ninety kilometres from Kigali. Carrier fibre already reaches the plot, a 132 kV substation serves the district, and the Mombasa–Kigali highway passes below.
The master plan includes training halls, a conference and training centre, staff and student accommodation, and a small hospitality block for visiting partners. Development is phased, beginning with the training facilities and the first technical hall.
Organisation
- Legal name
- Kihumuro Development Institute Ltd
- Status
- Not-for-profit organisation (non-governmental organisation)
- Registration number
- 80034100881513
- Registered office
- 14 School Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9FA, United Kingdom
- Programme site
- Kihumuro Hill, Kabale District, Kigezi sub-region, Uganda
- Governance
- Governed by a board of directors. All surplus is applied to the Institute's objects; no distributions are made to members or directors.
Contact
- Executive Director
- Paul Kanabahita
- paul@kihumuro.org
- Telephone
- +44 7561 405197
- Partners & members
- Meeting and collaboration platform
Enquiries from prospective students, employers, funders and institutional partners are welcome. We aim to reply within three working days.