3. Uganda: 236,000 km2 of which % is arable land.
Uganda is more than 5 x larger than Switzerland.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LocationUganda.svg
5. Uganda Switzerland
Population 36 million people. 7.65 million people.
Internet users 3.2 million. 6.15 million.
Life expectancy 54 years. 81 years.
GDP per capita USD 1,300. USD 43,900.
Languages English, Swahili. German, French, Italian,
spoken Rumantsch, English.
Sources
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290
http://www.countrystat.org/uga/cont/pages/page/indicators/en
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html
6. Stephen Kiprotich of
Uganda wins gold at
the 2012 Olympics in
London.
Source: http://www.monitor.co.ug/-/691150/1478188/-/db8qis/-/index.html
7. Population increase in Uganda
Sources
Gapminder Foundation and DataMarket.
http://datamarket.com/data/set/1cfl/total-population#!display=line&ds=1cfl!r3d=i
8. Number of children per woman
Sources
http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/pdf/dsw_datenreport_07.pdf
http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290
9. Life expectancy at birth
Source
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN/countries/UG-ZF-?display=graph
10. Fertility rate and life expectancy
Source
http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=b&strail=false&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt
_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&ifdim=country&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035#!ctype=b&strail=fal
se&bcs=d&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false
&dimp_c=country:region&idim=country:UGA&ifdim=country&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false
12. Uganda is a partly free country
Source: http://freedomhouse.org/images/File/fiw/FIW2011_SSA_Map_1st%20draft.pdf
13. Democracy around the world
Source: http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=infographics&info_name=infographic_democracy
14. Mr. Oyo Nyimba, King of Toro,
one of Uganda’s 4 major cultural kingdoms,
is the world’s youngest king
Sources
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/naher-osten-und-afrika/Der-juengste-Koenig-der-Welt/story/25291594
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/African-King-Assumes-Power-91405624.html
16. Uganda has a relatively high
economic diversification
Sources
https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Whats_driving_Africas_growth_2601
https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Sizing_Africas_business_opportunities_2633
17. 20 – 40% of households have
access to financial services
Uganda
Source: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/AFCR09/AFCR09_full_report.pdf
19. Typical compound with thatched rondavels
/ huts built of stick frames packed with
mud, or sometimes with bricks faced with
mud, and covered with a straw or reed roof.
Source
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_9.html
20. A frame for a rondavel / hut / house is
usually only 3 - 5 meters in diameter.
Source
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_10.html
26. Rugasira [founder of Good African] has followed his
own advice. The company built a global coffee-
exporting business by sharing profits 50/50 with its
10,000 farmers and their communities, most of whom
are in the Ruwenzori Mountain area of Uganda.
Sources
Mahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 204.
http://www.goodafrican.com/
27. The introduction of a new Arabica coffee variety
increases yields for coffee farmers in the Rwenzori
mountainous sub-region.
Each coffee tree of the new variety yields 4 kg
compared to the old variety that produces 2 kg.
Source
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/631242-rwenzori-coffee-farmers-get-new-variety.html
29. The African Grey Crowned Crane,
Uganda's national bird
Source
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_2.html
From Uganda Wildlife Education Center / zoo near Kampala, Uganda.
31. Bujagali Falls on the Nile,
close to Jinja, Uganda
Sources
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_19.html
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=uganda,+jinja,+Bujagali+Falls&hl=en&ll=-
0.593251,36.782227&spn=15.530054,23.269043&sll=37.0625,-
95.677068&sspn=48.956293,93.076172&hq=Bujagali+Falls&hnear=Jinja,+Eastern+Region,+Uganda&t=m&z=6