Uganda Climate Data Platform

Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) Initiative

Uganda Climate Data Platform

Dream71 Technical Scoping, Co-Design and Stakeholder Engagement Mission

23 – 28 August 2026 · Kampala & Mukono, Uganda

Explore the Mission View UNDP Invitation Letter ↗
Funding Partner: Gates Foundation Implementing Agency: UNDP Uganda Mission Team: Dream71 Bangladesh Ltd
6Days in Country
7Partner Institutions Engaged
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Mission Overview

Agriculture employs more than 70 percent of Uganda's population, so climate variability hits the economy hard. The Uganda Agricultural Insurance Scheme (UAIS) was set up to protect farmers against this risk, and it now reaches over one million of them. Even so, the scheme still runs on fragmented climate and agricultural data, so insurers and regulators lack a shared, reliable base for pricing and oversight.

The Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) Initiative, funded by the Gates Foundation and implemented by UNDP Uganda, is building a Climate Data Platform (CDP) to close that gap. The platform will turn rainfall, vegetation, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data into insights that insurers, regulators and government agencies can act on directly. Read more about UNDP's work on climate resilience in agricultural finance and insurance ↗.

Dream71 Bangladesh Ltd was engaged as the technical partner for the CDP. This mission to Kampala and Mukono district, from 23 to 28 August 2026, was built around five objectives: assess the existing UAIS data ecosystem, consult stakeholders on their requirements, validate available datasets, define the platform's architecture and governance model, and develop use cases for insurers, regulators, government agencies, financial institutions and farmer organizations.

Setting the Scene

A short clip from one of the mission's working sessions, capturing the pace and detail of the discussions in the day-by-day story below.

The Mission, Day by Day

Four working days in Kampala and on the road to Mukono, from the first data review to the closing debrief.

Monday, 24 August 2026

UAIS Data Architecture and Insurance Portfolio Review

The mission's first working session was a technical review of UAIS's existing systems, led jointly by AIC and UNDP. The Dream71 team went through the current data architecture, the agricultural insurance portfolio, and how data currently flows between systems, building the shared baseline the rest of the mission would build on.

Arriving at the AIC office compound in Kampala ahead of the first technical review session. View
Arriving at the AIC office compound in Kampala ahead of the first technical review session.
Approaching the venue that hosted the UAIS data architecture review on the mission's first working day. View
Approaching the venue that hosted the UAIS data architecture review on the mission's first working day.
The Dream71 and AIC/UNDP team opening the review of UAIS operational systems and data flows. View
The Dream71 and AIC/UNDP team opening the review of UAIS operational systems and data flows.
Dream71 and AIC/UNDP counterparts around the table for the UAIS data architecture and insurance portfolio review. View
Dream71 and AIC/UNDP counterparts around the table for the UAIS data architecture and insurance portfolio review.
The review continues, covering existing insurance product data flows and the current technology environment. View
The review continues, covering existing insurance product data flows and the current technology environment.
A short break in the office garden between sessions on the mission's first working day. View
A short break in the office garden between sessions on the mission's first working day.

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

CDP Progress Presentation to UAIS Anchor Partners

After a working breakfast, Dream71 presented the Climate Data Platform's progress to UAIS anchor partners: MoFPED, IRA, Bank of Uganda, the Ministry of Water and Environment, and the National Planning Authority. The session walked through the platform's modules and datasets and worked toward agreement on priority use cases.

The Dream71 team presenting the Climate Data Platform's progress to UAIS anchor partners. View
The Dream71 team presenting the Climate Data Platform's progress to UAIS anchor partners.
A module walkthrough during the presentation to MoFPED, IRA, BoU and other anchor partners. View
A module walkthrough during the presentation to MoFPED, IRA, BoU and other anchor partners.
Presenting the platform's risk analytics module to the anchor partners. View
Presenting the platform's risk analytics module to the anchor partners.
Walking anchor partners through the climate datasets feeding the platform. View
Walking anchor partners through the climate datasets feeding the platform.
A closer look at one of the platform's dashboards during the presentation. View
A closer look at one of the platform's dashboards during the presentation.
Fielding questions from anchor partners on the platform's roadmap. View
Fielding questions from anchor partners on the platform's roadmap.
UNDP, MoFPED, IRA, BoU and AIC representatives at the working breakfast ahead of the CDP progress presentation. View
UNDP, MoFPED, IRA, BoU and AIC representatives at the working breakfast ahead of the CDP progress presentation.
Discussion among anchor partners on the Climate Data Platform's priority use cases. View
Discussion among anchor partners on the Climate Data Platform's priority use cases.
Mahir Shahrier with Enock Sing'oei, UNDP's Agriculture and Climate Insurance Lead for the Financial Resilience in Agriculture initiative, who headed the UNDP delegation for this mission. View
Mahir Shahrier with Enock Sing'oei, UNDP's Agriculture and Climate Insurance Lead for the Financial Resilience in Agriculture initiative, who headed the UNDP delegation for this mission.
A closer working discussion during the CDP progress presentation, going through the technical detail with anchor partners. View
A closer working discussion during the CDP progress presentation, going through the technical detail with anchor partners.
A quiet moment at the AIC office reception between sessions on Tuesday. View
A quiet moment at the AIC office reception between sessions on Tuesday.

Technical Courtesy Meeting with Cafe Africa

In the afternoon, AIC, UNDP and Dream71 held a separate technical courtesy meeting with Cafe Africa, introducing the platform's coffee-sector strategy and discussing how coffee value-chain data could feed into the Climate Data Platform.

Arriving at Cafe Africa for the afternoon technical courtesy meeting. View
Arriving at Cafe Africa for the afternoon technical courtesy meeting.
The Dream71 and AIC team meeting with Cafe Africa to discuss the platform's coffee-sector strategy. View
The Dream71 and AIC team meeting with Cafe Africa to discuss the platform's coffee-sector strategy.
A further round of the Cafe Africa discussion on the platform's coffee-sector strategy. View
A further round of the Cafe Africa discussion on the platform's coffee-sector strategy.

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Consultation with eMata, AIC's Technical Partner Across the Pilot Districts

The original plan for a site visit to Mukono changed. In its place, the team held a consultation with eMata, the agricultural lending and aggregator platform that AIC works with across all four pilot districts, to understand farmer and aggregator data directly from a technical partner already active on the ground.

Meeting with eMata, AIC's technical partner across the pilot districts, to review farmer and aggregator data. View
Meeting with eMata, AIC's technical partner across the pilot districts, to review farmer and aggregator data.
Discussing eMata's farmer aggregation data across the pilot districts. View
Discussing eMata's farmer aggregation data across the pilot districts.
The eMata office in Kampala, where the day's first consultation was held. View
The eMata office in Kampala, where the day's first consultation was held.
The garden at eMata's Kampala office, where part of the morning's consultation took place. View
The garden at eMata's Kampala office, where part of the morning's consultation took place.

Follow-Up Session at AIC on District Data Collection

The team then returned to the AIC office with other partners and stakeholders to continue the platform discussion, focused specifically on how data from Mukono and the other pilot districts can be collected, submitted, and brought into the platform, and how best to source that data from stakeholders on the ground.

Back at the AIC office with partners, discussing how to collect and feed district-level data into the platform. View
Back at the AIC office with partners, discussing how to collect and feed district-level data into the platform.
Continued discussion on the data collection approach for Mukono and the other pilot districts. View
Continued discussion on the data collection approach for Mukono and the other pilot districts.
An afternoon working session on sourcing data from district stakeholders and aggregators. View
An afternoon working session on sourcing data from district stakeholders and aggregators.
A smaller working group refining the data collection approach with AIC and partners. View
A smaller working group refining the data collection approach with AIC and partners.
The day's discussions wrap up on bringing district and stakeholder data into the platform. View
The day's discussions wrap up on bringing district and stakeholder data into the platform.
A flip-chart sketch from the session, mapping rainfall and climate risk over time as the team worked toward a data-driven solution. View
A flip-chart sketch from the session, mapping rainfall and climate risk over time as the team worked toward a data-driven solution.

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Mission Debrief, Recommendations and Departure

The closing session, hosted at the AIC office, brought AIC, UNDP, MoFPED and IRA together to review the mission's preliminary findings and agree on next steps and an implementation roadmap. The Dream71 team departed Kampala the same afternoon.

The mission debrief session at the AIC office, presenting preliminary findings and recommendations. View
The mission debrief session at the AIC office, presenting preliminary findings and recommendations.
AIC, UNDP, MoFPED and IRA representatives reviewing the mission's findings together. View
AIC, UNDP, MoFPED and IRA representatives reviewing the mission's findings together.
Agreeing on next steps and the implementation roadmap during the debrief session. View
Agreeing on next steps and the implementation roadmap during the debrief session.
The Dream71 team and mission partners after the debrief session, ahead of departure. View
The Dream71 team and mission partners after the debrief session, ahead of departure.
A farewell photo with UNDP and AIC counterparts marking the conclusion of the mission. View
A farewell photo with UNDP and AIC counterparts marking the conclusion of the mission.
The Agriculture Insurance Consortium (AIC) office in Kampala, host venue for several of the mission's working sessions. View
The Agriculture Insurance Consortium (AIC) office in Kampala, host venue for several of the mission's working sessions.

With Thanks

The Climate Data Platform is the product of a small, dedicated Dream71 team, and this mission would not have been possible without them.

Mahir Shahrier with the Dream71 development team behind the Climate Data Platform: Md. Ariful Islam, Core Developer (standing left), and Amanullah Haque, Developer Lead (seated). Sincere thanks to both for their tremendous work on this platform. View
Mahir Shahrier with the Dream71 development team behind the Climate Data Platform: Md. Ariful Islam, Core Developer (standing left), and Amanullah Haque, Developer Lead (seated). Sincere thanks to both for their tremendous work on this platform.
Md. Arafat, Project Manager, whose guidance steered this project from the start, thanked here for his mentorship and for the personal and professional grooming tips along the way. View
Md. Arafat, Project Manager, whose guidance steered this project from the start, thanked here for his mentorship and for the personal and professional grooming tips along the way.