List of companies based in Uganda

Location of Uganda
Ugandan exports in 2006

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania.

Uganda's economy generates income from annual exports that include coffee ($466.6 million), tea ($72.1 million), and fish ($136.2 million).[1] The country has commenced economic reforms and growth has been robust. In 2008, Uganda recorded 7% growth despite the global downturn and regional instability.[2]

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. The country has largely untapped reserves of both crude oil and natural gas.[3] While agriculture accounted for 56% of the economy in 1986, with coffee as its main export, it has now been surpassed by the services sector, which accounted for 52% of GDP in 2007.[4]

Companies based in Uganda

Airlines

An Air Uganda McDonnell Douglas MD-87 at Entebbe International Airport, pictured in August 2009

Financial

Commercial banks

Investment banks

Distribution

Energy

Food and beverage

Sugar manufacturers

Foreign exchange bureaus

Healthcare and medicine

Hotels

Insurance

Mass media

Postal

Telecommunication

Transportation

A Uganda Railways Corporation locomotive at the Tororo railway station, Uganda

Miscellaneous

See also


References

  1. ↑ Ubos statistical abstract (spreadsheet).
  2. ↑ "Snapshot of Uganda's economic outlook". African Economic Outlook. 6 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Uganda's oil rush: Derricks in the darkness. Economist.com (6 August 2009). Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Uganda at a Glance" (PDF). World Bank. 13 November 2009.
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