Building the systems governments and institutes actually run on.

I am Innocent Obilil, a data systems architect & ICT project manager working across agriculture, health, public service and capital markets — from the biggest bean crop database in Africa to the automated trading system at the Uganda Securities Exchange.

Kampala, Uganda
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Available for engagements

15+

Years experience

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15+

Years in data & ICT systems

32

PABRA member countries supported

30,000+

Investor records migrated at USE

12+

National platforms delivered

Three systems that changed how an institution operates

Each one started as scattered data and manual process, and ended as infrastructure that people depend on daily.

PROJECT MANAGER

Webfarm Digital Marketplace

Office of the Prime Minister (DRDIP Project, World Bank)

A three-channel marketplace connecting refugee-hosting and rural communities to buyers for produce, livestock and agricultural services.

  • Market access opened to communities across DRDIP districts
  • USSD channel removes the smartphone barrier entirely
USSDPHP / LaravelMySQL
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DATABASE MANAGER

PABRA Bean Research Database

Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT — Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

The biggest bean crop database in Africa, holding information on over 1,000 bean varieties plus climate-smart technologies, impact assessments and seed systems.

  • Over 1,000 bean varieties catalogued in one authoritative source
  • Research teams in 32 countries collecting to a shared standard
OracleJavaODK / ONAR
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER

Automated Trading System & Investor Migration

Uganda Securities Exchange

Moving a national securities exchange from manual, floor-based trading to an electronic trading environment with real-time disaster recovery.

  • Over 30,000 investor records migrated from Oracle CDS to MSSQL
  • Real-time disaster recovery site established at NITA
MSSQLOracle 10gSWIFTDR architecture
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Delivered for and alongside

ILRI
Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT
Uganda Securities Exchange
Office of the Prime Minister
Ministry of Public Service
NITA-Uganda
Ministry of Works & Transport
Action 4 Health Uganda

Three pillars, one delivery model

Most engagements combine at least two of these. Very few need someone to hand off between them.

Data Systems & Databases

Research databases, national registries and reporting platforms built to survive real use.

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Analytics & Decision Platforms

Dashboards that ministries and institutes use to make decisions, not just to look at.

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ICT Infrastructure & Delivery

Networks, servers and security set up properly the first time — plus the project management around them.

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Twenty years of formal study behind the delivery record

Four qualifications from Makerere University and Uganda Management Institute, plus certification from APMG-UK, Oracle and CIAT.

Full education & career timeline

Masters in Health Informatics

Makerere University

2023–2026

Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management

Uganda Management Institute (UMI)

2016–2019

Masters of Information Technology

Makerere University

2010–2015

Bachelor of Information Technology

Makerere University

2006–2009

Before you get in touch

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What kind of work do you take on?

Data system design and build, analytics and dashboard delivery, ICT infrastructure setup, project management and business analysis, and capacity building. Most engagements combine two or three of those.

How quickly do you respond?

Are you available for full-time roles?

Do you work outside Uganda?

Can you work with our existing vendor?

Have a system that needs building, fixing or rescuing?

Tell me what you are working with and what it needs to do. I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.