Study a Master in Uganda, Kampala

Foreign Trade and Business in Uganda, Kampala
Study in the Republic of Uganda (Eastern Africa, Master in International Trade)
Uganda (Republic of Uganda, «the pearl of Africa») is an
Eastern African landlocked country
- Jamhuri ya Uganda in Swahili
- Kampala is the economic, political and administrative capital of Uganda and the largest Ugandan city
- Largest cities of Uganda: Kampala (Nansana, Kira, Makindye-Ssabagabo, Mukono), Mbarara,
Gulu, Lugazi, Kasese and Masaka
- Uganda is one of the most dynamic
African Frontier
Markets
- Main Ugandan economic activity: agriculture (sugar cane,
cotton and sweet potato)
- 80% of Ugandans live on agriculture
- Uganda is the second African coffee producer (15% of the Ugandan
exports, behind
Ethiopia) and
tea
- Main Ugandan mineral resources: copper, cobalt,
hydroelectric power...
- Currency of Uganda: Ugandan shilling (UGX)
- Uganda share borders with
Kenya (814 kilometres),
Rwanda (172 kilometres),
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (877 kilometres,
Goma), South Sudan (475 kilometres) and Tanzania (391 kilometres)
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- Ugandan Population: 42 million inhabitants
- One of the fastest
growing populations in the world
- Population density:
141 inhabitants/square kilometres
- Uganda belongs to the Great Lakes and the
Nile Basin region
- The southern part of Uganda includes an important part of Lake
Victoria, shared with
Kenya and
Tanzania.
- Climate: equatorial
- Area of Uganda: 241,550 square kilometres

- Calling code: 256
- Country code top-level domain: .ug
- Uganda is a Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic
- Uganda obtained the Independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
- Kingdom of Buganda (History of Uganda)
- The name of Uganda comes from the ancient Kingdom of Buganda
Transport and Logistics in Uganda

Regions of Uganda
The four regions of Uganda are (population in a million people/area)
- Central region (Kingdom of Buganda) (9.5/61,400)
- Western region (8.8/55,276)
- Eastern region (9/39,478)
- Northern region (7/85,391)
Economic Integration Organisations (Uganda).
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- East African Community (EAC)
- United States-East African Community (EAC)
Agreement
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- United States-COMESA Agreement
- COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
- Nile Basin Initiative
- International Conference on the Great Lakes Region


- African Development Bank
-
African Union
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
- Economic Commission for Africa
Main Ugandan ethnicities
Ugandans belong to a unique
cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda, formed by three subgroups:
- Hutu (84% of the population of Uganda)
- Tutsi (15%)
- Twa (1%, Pygmies that live in the forests and descend from the first
inhabitants of Uganda)
Religions in Uganda:
- Christianity (85% of
Ugandan population)
- Catholicism (40%)
- Protestantism (32%)
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Sunni Islam (14%)
- Traditional African Religions
Languages of Uganda
The official languages are English and Swahili
- Luganda is widely spoken throughout Uganda
- Others Ugandan languages are Runyoro, Runyankole, Rukiga and Luo.

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