Mukono Friendship Village
Mukono Friendship Village is in Takajunge, along Kayunga Road in Mukono District. TFast founder Kalyango Brian grew up there and is talking with the community about what support would help.
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Support digital skills.
Find out what TFast’s digital-skills projects need and how you can offer equipment, time or financial support. TFast Digital Agency is a business, not a charity or NGO.
Devices for learning
Support a proposed shared training space for children and young people in Kampala–Bulenga. The starting plan is about 20 laptops that learners share.
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Help young people in Uganda practise with computers, connectivity and practical training.
Explore campaign →Access, skills, opportunity
The goal is not simply to give things away. It is to remove the barriers that stop curious young people in Uganda from taking part in technology. Access means a working computer, internet and modern tools, including AI tools. Skills means hands-on practice building real things, not only collecting certificates. Opportunity means a public portfolio, open-source work and a first chance to earn from what they can do.
“Talent isn’t limited by where someone is born. Access often is.”
Kalyango Brian, founder and software engineer, TFast Digital Agency. Software Engineering graduate (2024), IBM Full Stack Software Developer certificate and Refactory Certificate in Software Engineering.
Why I started this
I became interested in computers when I was young. Around 2005, access to computers and the internet in Uganda was limited, and there was nobody at home to teach me. I taught myself through internet searches, experimentation and practice, and later through online courses and certificates. I graduated in Software Engineering in 2024 and now build websites and software through TFast Digital Agency. I had to find much of the path myself. Now I want to make that path easier for someone else. I cannot promise any particular outcome for any learner, but I can work to increase access and opportunity.
What TFast has built
TFast Digital Agency has built websites and systems for businesses in Uganda since 2019, including VibenCare, Rabbitex Megafarms, Don Gen Van Allan, Vibe Mansion and Quality Chemical Cooperative. I want to use those skills and that network to open the door for the next young person.
Gap 1: computer access
Watching programming tutorials on a phone is not enough to build, run, debug and practise real software. The plan is to set up shared computers that learners can use for regular hands-on practice.
Gap 2: AI access
AI is changing software, design, research and business. Young people without a computer or modern AI tools risk being left behind. The plan is to look for developer credits and AI tool access, and to teach practical, careful ways of using AI when building software.
Gap 3: practical skills
Employers need people who can build working applications with Git, databases and APIs. The plan is project-based learning, where learners build real things, fix real bugs and keep a public portfolio of their work.
Gap 4: mentorship
Hardware alone is not enough. Without code reviews, guidance and someone to ask, self-learners get stuck. I am looking for volunteer mentors, in Uganda or online, who can review code, show how they debug and answer questions.
Gap 5: the first opportunity
Beginners face a familiar trap: you need experience to get an opportunity, and an opportunity to get experience. The plan is supervised practice on real projects, open-source work and introductions, once learners are ready.
Yesterday’s company laptop can be tomorrow’s first computer
When companies upgrade, working machines often go into storage. If they are already in Uganda, they can be checked, cleaned, set up with learning tools and given to a learner. The steps are: you offer the device, I review the offer and reply, we agree a local handover, I check and test it, I set it up with an operating system and learning tools, and then it is assigned to a learner. Useful items include laptops (working or repairable), desktop towers, monitors, tablets, routers and switches, UPS and power backup, keyboards and mice, and RAM or SSDs. Equipment must already be in Uganda, be bought locally, or be new sealed units imported through proper channels. Please do not ship used computers from abroad.
Ways to take part
Helping does not only mean giving money. You can fund local purchases, offer a device that is already in Uganda, mentor a learner for an hour a week, offer software or cloud credits, connect us with a company or community that may help, or hire TFast for paid work, which keeps this going.
Ugandans and Africans abroad
Living abroad can give you access to networks, employers and technology programmes that help a lot back home. You can mentor online for one or two hours a week, introduce your employer’s IT or CSR team, support a learner’s workstation or internet through the checkout, or share the campaign links with your community and alumni groups.
No made-up numbers
Every total on these pages comes from confirmed payments recorded on this site. Nothing is typed in by hand, and no counters are simulated. Nothing has been raised or received yet, and the pages will say so until that changes.
Legal status
TFast Digital Agency is a business name registered in Uganda (sole proprietor Kalyango Brian, registration number 80030839366680). The digital-skills projects are run by the business. TFast is not a charity, NGO or non-profit. A payment receipt only confirms that a payment was received. It is not a tax receipt, and contributions are not tax-deductible. Names, photos or identifying details of children or learners are never published without their guardian’s consent.
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