Today, the Kampala skyline is broken by quality four and five star hotels and high-rise office buildings. Mobile phone masts take pride of place on the surrounding hills. The towns are littered with mobile phone shops and kiosks, and a splattering of Internet cafes.
It’s hard to imagine, but when I first came to Uganda in 1995 there was no Internet to speak of, no mobile phone shops, the Sheraton was pretty-much the only place for high-end tourists to stay, and there were few high-rise buildings that I remember. I was also yet to own my first mobile phone.
Imagine.
Nice meeting you this a.m., Kampala looks much nicer than two years ago (except for the ubiquitous campaign posters of a certain budding rapper)
It’s also hard to imagine… how many of the “medical” and other missions stay at these lavish hotels on donor funded trips. If the donors only knew…
Hehehehe HOW times change…
What is nice is that architects are looking past the horrid rectangular monstrosities that dot the city.