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Uganda
Kampala
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Landlocked Uganda has transformed from a
country with a troubled past to one of relative
stability and prosperity.
Since its independence from Britain in 1962, the
east African nation has endured a military coup,
followed by a brutal military dictatorship which
ended in 1979, disputed elections in 1980 and a
five-year war which brought current President
Yoweri Museveni to power in 1986.
The country has also had to contend with a brutal
20-year insurgency in the north, led by the Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA).
Whilst the country has won praise for its vigorous
campaign against HIV/AIDS it has also attracted
international attention for its hardening stance
against the LGBT community.
East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Land: 197,100 sq km
Water: 43,938 sq km
Country comparison to the world: 81
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons
(December to February, June to August); semiarid
in northeast
copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable
land, gold
37,101,745 (July 2015 est.)
English (official), Swahili (official), Luganda, various
Bantu and Nilotic languages
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 78.4%
Male: 85.3%
Female: 71.5% (2015 est.)
Republic
mixed legal system of English common law and
customary law
Principal Governmental Body: OFFICE OF THE
PRIME MINISTER
Address: PLOT 9-11 APOLLO KAGGWA ROAD
P.O. Box 341
Kampala, UGANDA
Telephone: +256 417770500
Fax:
+256 414 341 139
Email:
[email protected]
Brief Economy Overview
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ICT Penetration
Major ICT Companies Present
Starting in the late 1980s, the Uganda government
has pursued a series of impactful liberalization
policies. The resultant macroeconomic stability,
post-conflict rebound, and investment response to
the pro-market reforms generated a sustained
period of high growth during 1987-2010. Real
gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged 7%
per year in the 1990s and the 2000s, making it one
of the fastest growing African countries. However,
over the past decade, the country witnessed more
economic volatility and gross domestic product
(GDP) growth slowed to an average of just about
5%. With the population continuing to increase at
a rate of 3% per annum, per capita income growth
has decelerated from a rate of 3.6% recorded in
the decades of 1990s and 2002, to about 2%.
Going forward, a huge public investment program
is expected to drive growth. Private investments is
expected to be constrained by the uncertainties
relating to the upcoming elections, to be
heightened by the inflation pressures as the
shilling continues to depreciate, and to the effects
of a volatile global economy that could even be
worsened by the slump in China and Brazil. Under
these circumstances, the Ugandan economy is
forecast to grow at a rate of approximately 5.6% in
FY14/15. A modest upward trajectory into the
medium is dependent on efficient implementation
of large infrastructure program as well as takeoff
of activities related to oil, both of which will boost
construction activities.
GDP: $75.08 billion (2014 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP): $1,900 (2014 est.)
Labor force: 17.98 million (2014 est.)
Agriculture: 26.7%
Industry: 22.2%
Services: 51.1% (2014 est.)
Revenues: $3.412 billion
Expenditures: $4.494 billion (2014 est.)
Inflation rate: 4.6% (2014 est.)
Land Line; 320,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2014 est.)
Mobile: 20.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 57 (2014 est.)
Africell
Airtel Uganda
K2 Telecom
ICT associations
Other ICT Indicators
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MTN Uganda
MultiChoice
One Solutions Ltd.
Smart Telecom
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
Uganda Telecom
Vodafone Uganda
ICT Association of Uganda
Internet users:
total: 6 million
percent of population: 16.8% (2014 est.)
World Bank, BBC, CIA World Fact Book, Uganda
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