Only 4% of Karamoja women own smartphones, according to UBOS

Only 4% of women in Karamoja own a smartphone, and that stat basically sums up Uganda's brutal digital-access gap in one number.

Smartphone and mobile ownership breakdown

• Just 22% of Ugandan women have a smartphone overall.
• Kampala leads with 62% female smartphone ownership.
• Rural women lag at 54% for basic mobile access.
• Urban women hit 72% on general phone ownership.

Wealth and education drive the divide

• Women in the top wealth bracket hit 63% internet use.
• Poorest women barely register at 2% for internet access.
• Post-secondary educated women reach 80% usage rates.
• Women with zero formal education sit at just 3%.

Internet habits across regions

• Kampala women log on almost daily at a 71% clip.
• Kigezi and Busoga trail badly at 42% and 43%.
• Nationally, 53% of connected women browse every day.
• Another 31% get online at least once weekly.