Businesses and Money

ACCOMMODATIONS (Short-term)

Makerere Guest House

Box 7062

Kampala

phone 256-77-462-311

256-41 534169

$21 per day (2001 rates)

You can arrange to have them pick you up from the airport. Costs

$25 one way.

Fairway Hotel

1 Kafu Road, P. O. Box 4595, Kampala, Uganda

Tel: (+256 41) 259571/4, 257171/2, 259175, 257169

Fax: (+256 41) 234160

Email: fairway@starcom.co.ug

http://www.euroyellowpages.com/exhibitn/trade/fairway.html

MISR flats

These flats are fully furnished and have bedroom, living room, dining area, kitchen, long bath and toilet. They also have a TV, two desks, iron and ironing board. Hot water. Filter for boiled water (but you may need to change the "candle" in the filter). Will need to pick up food and cleaning supplies on way from airport. $30 per day. ($20 per day if one month or more)

Namirembe Guest House

Very nice. 25,000 sh per night for a single room if one stays a bit longer;

30,000 sh normal price (2002 rates)

ART GALLERIES

Cassava Republic , 8 Bukoto St. (also restaurant)

Gallery Cafe , Masaka Road (is not what it used to be but nice cafe)

Gallery Okapi, Ggaba Road

Makerere School of Fine Art

Nommo Gallery, 4 Victoria Avenue, Nakasero (Access Princess Ave.)

Nyanzi Art Studio, 54/56 House 30, Dewinton Rd.

Tulifanya Art Gallery , 28 Hannington Road. (Opposite Crested Towers)

BAKERIES near campus

Hot Loaf Bakery (Bombo road) wonderful breads and pastries!

Luisun (Bombo Road)

COFFEE

Best coffee is found at Bancafe on Kyagwe road near where it intersects with Kampala road, near Cyberworld

Another bigger Bancafe downtown on Buganda road behind Imperial Hotel.

Pause Cafe (Metropole Arcade) Entebbe Road

EMAILING

• Before leaving home, find out how to access your account from the web. If this is not possible, then open a hotmail, yahoo or some other account and have your mail temporarily forwarded to this account.

Cybercafes closest to campus:

• Club 5 on campus across from MISR

• Cyberworld Cafe on Kampala road

take minibus from campus and get off around Kyagwe road. Go upstairs to left to Cyberworld. (Across from Fidodidos). Can pay for a chunk of time and use what you need, logout and reuse the number they give you to log on again another day and finish the time. They also give money back for time unused.

Phone: 340-492, 077-503-281

Other cybercafes

• Globenet Cafe, Radio One Building, Kampala Road

• Frans.com, Shop 2, Pioneer Mall, Kampala Road

• Kiatec, 3 Cooper Road, Kisementi

• Microskills, 9 Grand Imperial

• Niagra Falls, 4 Pilkington Road

• The Source, 20 Main Street, Jinja

• Web City Cafe, 5 Kimathi Avenue.

• Gateway Resource Center – Cybercafe, Plot 44 High Street

• Kool Surfing, Plot 76, Ben Kiwanuka Street

• Can use MISR email in a pinch but it is a real bother to the librarian. Don't do it.

• If you have access to a phone line, go to Infocom (Plot 2 Clement Hill Road), purchase a one-month internet service. Then you may take a laptop down to the MISR telephone switchboard, plug in directly to infocom and draw up your email address. They can also be reached at sales@infocom.co.ug or call Infocom at 258361. Make sure you pay for your phone time. See "supplies" for info on wires

• Emailing from outside of Kampala: Telephone service upcountry is iffy. The trick is to do it at midnight when there is no competition for the four outgoing lines to Kampala. The baud speed can be terribly slow, so we one might need to advise friend and colleagues to keep the email messages brief since downloading can be slow, tedious and expensive.

FAXING

Most reliable place to send and receive faxes if you are at Makerere is Wandegeya post office (trust me!)

256-41-530412

GIFTS

Banana Boat (23 Cooper Road, Kisementi, near Crocodile) (loved this place!)

Crafts market behind National Theatre, many small kiosks in a protected area, good crafts and local materials, including imports from Kenya and West Africa

Many clothes stores for women on Kampala road both sides of road.

Uganda Craft, Bat Valley, 28-30 Bombo Road

Cassava Republic, 8 Bukoto St. Kisementi

Chintu Gift Shop, Jinja Road, Kampala Craft Village

Feel of Africa, 26 Hannington Road.

The Creations LTD, Plot 4, Victoria Ave.

JIT Crafts LTD. (Goldsmith & Jewellers), Grand Imperial Hotel

My favorite crafts market is on Buganda Road, Plot 15 next to Daisy’s Arcade called The Marketing Outlet

GROCERY STORES near campus

Luisun (Italian) on Bombo road (has bakery, deli, meats, frozen food, great cheeses and lots more)

Star Supermarket, Bombo Road

Millenium Supermarket, Kisementi, near Crocodile and Banana Boat

Umoja supermarket on Kyagwe road near Ban Cafe

lots of little shops in Wandegeya

Use Wandegeya market for fresh fruits and vegetables, some items are seasonal and at cheaper prices when in season

HOURS OF BUSINESS

Business and Offices : Monday-Friday, 8am-12:45 pm and 2 pm-5pm

Banks: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3pm (bureau de change close later, and all major hotels have forex desks).

Shops: generally Monday-Saturday, 8am-5/6pm

MONEY

2004 rates: $1 = 1,719/- shillings

• You can change money at forex bureaus, but I suggest the Sheraton Speedbird because it is safer. People can get robbed more easily changing in the forex bureaus. If you go to a forex bureau, Jiminao on Kampala avenue is fairly safe. Rates do not differ much any more from place to place.

• If you want to shop for the best rate with no or low commission, some have found the Crane Bank on Kampala Road gave the best rate but this may change. The rates are listed in the newspapers. As the currency has stabilized, these rate differences have become less important.

• Almost no establishments in Kampala take Visa or Amex credit cards Haamdi's restaurant, Banana Boat and others do and this is changing fast, but don't count on it.

• Credit card cash advances at Barkclays. There is a 10,000/- security fee because they have to call England to approve withdrawals, so plan to withdraw larger amounts if you do this.

RADIO STATIONS

BBC World Service 101.1

Capital Radio 91.3

Central Broadcasting Service 88.8/89.2

Power Radio 104.1

Radio One 90.0

Radio West 100.2/94.3/106.6/95.2

Sanyu FM 2000 88.2

Simba 97.3

Greater Africa Radio 98.3

Monitor FM 93.3

Radio France International 93.7

Radio Paidha 87.8

Radio Uganda Green Channel 98.0

Top Radio 89.6/99.6

Voice of Teso 88.4

Voice of Toro 101

Television Stations

Channel Television

Lighthouse Television

Sanyu Television/TV Africa

Uganda Television

WBS Television

Top Television

RESTAURANTS

Makerere Guest House food is not that great but it is the closest place to eat and is a good place to have a beer and meet academics from all over the world and Africa. Lunch and evening meals can be purchased (served as a huge buffet, but you can also order off the snack menu). Great samosas. Can purchase sodas and beers from the Guest House and return the bottles later.

Relatively Near University:

[add pizza on Kampala road]

Indian

Haandi (Indian) Hotel Equatoria

Khana Khazana, 20 Acacia Ave, Kololo (closed Mondays)

Khyber Pass (Speke Hotel) 7/9 Nile Ave.

Masala Chaat House, 3b De Winton Road

Sam’s Restaurant, 78 Kampala Rd.

Taj Mahal, 64 Kitante Rd.

Chinese

Chopsticks (excellent Chinese food but not snacks, burgers) Hotel Equatoria

Fang Fang, 3rd floor, Greenland Towers, Kampala Rd.

Shanghai, 8/10 Ternan Ave (behind Sheraton)

The China Palace, 3 Pilkington Rd.

Golden Fish, Spring Rd., Bugolobi, Ave.

Hotel Equatoria has a snacks and burger place on the main floor and an Italian Restaurant.

Continental

7 Cooper Road, Kisementi (closed Sunday)

Cassava Republic 8 Bukoto St.

Crocodile, 21 Cooper Road, Kisementi

La Fontaine, 6 Bukoto St. (next to Cassava Republic)

Mango Shade, Kabira Club, Bukoto

Rock Garden Cafe (next to Speke Hotel) 7/9 Nile Ave.

Kampala Casino, 1st floor, Pan Africa Hse, 3 Kimathi Ave.

Mango Grove, Old Kira Rd., Bukoto

Mateo’s Restaurant, 13 Parliament Ave.

Pause Café, Metropole House

Rhino Pub, Sheraton Hotel

Sizzler’s Restaurant & Club, Nakasero Rd.

Victoria Restaurant, Sheraton Hotel

Italian

Mamba Point Italian Restaurant, 22a Akii Bua Road, Nakasero

Mama Mia pizzeria at Speke Hotel

Café Roma, Tank Hill Parade, Muyenga

Villa Flora, plot 62, Lumumba Ave. (041-347273)

Pizza take-away (041 232651

Mondays to Saturdays noon to 10:30 pm

Lebanese

Al Tarboush, Park Royal Shopping Arc, 76 Bombo Rd. (no alcohol, reasonably priced)

Thai

Krua Thai, Windsor Crescent (closed Sunday)

Ugandan

Ekitoobero Restaurant, 21 Kitante Road (terrific food! prices good)

Greek

Andy the Greek’s, 30 Windsor Crescent, Kololo

Fast Food

Dominos Pizza, 14 Kampala Rd.

Food Court, Kamapal Rd.

Steers Food Court, Entebbe Rd.

Shell Select, at Shell Bukoto and Shell Bugolobi

Further out:

Fasika (Ethiopian), off Ggaba Road at Kabalagala

Hotel Diplomate (spectacular view of city from hill)

The Gallery Cafe, Masaka road opposite Railway corporation, 2 km from Makindi roundabout, Rubaga, very nice art gallery but very unlikely location

Le Chateau, Ggaba road, Kabalagala (closed Monday)

Kampala Carnivore at Half London (Ggaba road)

Le Petit Bistro (French), Ggaba Rd., Kabalagala

SIGHTSEEING

• Kasubi tombs

• Art openings go on all the time at the Makerere Faculty of Fine Arts

(just behind the Law School). Excellent chance to mingle with the

diplomatic and arts groups in Kampala - and often great food!

• Entebbe Zoo is also nearby though they have moved the chimps out to an island in Lake Victoria.

• Entebbe Botanical gardens are a great place to drive through. Do not go alone and look out for thieves.

USEFUL NUMBERS

Ambulance, Fire, Police 999

Doctor emergency (Int'l Medical Centre) 077-741291

Doctor: The Surgery, Emergency 075-756003

Electrical failure 254071/7, 231-770

Kampala Central Police Station 254-561

Operator 0900

Talking Pages

Celtel 800

MTN 133

UTL 343888

Uganda Telecom 256-151, 258-855

WEB SITES

General info on Uganda:

http://www.ugandaweb.com/

http://www.uganda.co.ug/

http://imul.com/uganda/index.html

Kampala info:

http://cityguide.lycos.com/africa/east_africa/UGAKampala.html

New Vision:

www.newvision.co.ug

Women of Uganda Network

http://www.wougnet.org/