Business in Kampala, Wakiso, Kira, Uganda
Trade and transport in Kampala: economic capital of Uganda. Entebbe
Kampala is the economic, political and administrative capital of
Uganda (Eastern Africa)
- Kasozi Ka Mpala (the colony of Mpala) in Bugandan language
- Population of Kampala: 1.5 million Kampalan
- Kampala is the largest Ugandan city
- 2002: 1.1 million inhabitants
- Population density of Kampala: 7,928 inhabitants/km²
- The industrial and commercial park of Kampala, is located in Namanve,
in the district of Mukono, 14 kilometres to the east of the central business
district of Kampala
- The sole Pepsi-Cola bottler franchise in Uganda (Crown
Beverages Limited) is located in Nakawa (5 kilometres from Kampala)
- The headquarters of the Bank of Central African States are in
Kampala
- 30% of the inhabitants of Kampala practice the urban agriculture
- Strong informal sector
Transport and Logistics Kampala, Uganda
- Entebbe International Airport
- Port Bell (on the shores of the Lake Victoria) is 10 kilometres from
Kampala
- Rwanda National
Route 1: Kigali - Byumba - Gatuna (Uganda, Kabale and Kampala)
- Rwanda National Route 2a: Kayonza - Nyagatare - Kagitumba (Uganda
border, route to Mtungamo and Kampala)
- Project to connect Burundi by Railway in Kigali (Kampala) and Kenya
- In 2016, the Railway Consortium of the Rift Valley (RVR) and the Capital
City Authority of Kampala established a rail service between Namanve and
Kampala and between Kampala and Kyengera.
- Railway network: Port of Mombasa to Nairobi (Kenya), Malaba and Kampala
Kasese in western Uganda (border with the DR Congo, Goma)
- Access to the
Lagos-Mombasa Transport Corridor
- Distance from Mbarara
to Kampala: 290 kilometres.
- Distance from Gulu
to Kampala: 340 kilometres.
Ugandan Students from Kampala
- Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
- Doctorate in African Business
More information: Trade and Business in Uganda, at EENI Global Business School Website.
- Districts of Kampala are: Centre, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and
Rubaga
- District: Kampala
- Main spoken languages in Kampala: English, Luganda, Swahili, Baganda
and Banyankole
- Elevation of Kampala: 1,189 meters
- Kampala has a tropical rainforest climate
- Uganda Museum, Ugandan National Theater, Ndere cultural Centre
Entebbe
- Entebbe is an important city of central Uganda
- Entebbe is on a peninsula of the Lake Victoria, 37 kilometres south-west of
Kampala
- Entebbe International Airport
Ugandan region: Centre
- Kampala is the capital of the Central region of Uganda
- Population of the Central region of Uganda: 9.5 million inhabitants
- Area: 61,403 km²
The district of Wakiso (2 million inhabitants) is around of Kampala
- Kira Town is a municipality in the Wakiso district of the Central
region of Uganda
- Kira Town is the second largest Ugandan city by population
- Nansana is a city in the Central region of Uganda
- Nansana is a working-class neighbourhood with a high population
density
- Makindye-Ssabagabo is a municipality of the Wakiso district of
Uganda
- Population of Makindye-Ssabagabo: 284,000 inhabitants
History of Kampala -Uganda
- Kampala was the capital of the Kingdom Buganda
- King of Buganda: Kabaka
- Tumbas Kasubi (Kings of Buganda), UNESCO World Heritage.
- Until Ugandan Independence (1962), the capital was transferred to Entebbe
- Idi Amin, the military dictator and the third Ugandan President
from 1971 to 1979, was born in 1923 in Kampala
Higher Education in Uganda
1922: creation of Technical Institute of Makerere (Makerere University)
- Institute Uganda Management
- Aga Khan University
- Cavendish University Uganda
- St. Augustine International University
- University of Technology and Management of Uganda
- Victoria University in Uganda
- Virtual University of Uganda
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