22 September 2016

The Uganda Business Scene

In this post I will look to give an overview of what is happening from a business perspective in the country of Uganda. This is written through the lens of evaluating different countries in East Africa as I seek out business opportunities in the region.

15 September 2016

Uganda: A Bit More

Continuing from our introduction into Uganda, this post is looking at some of the other elements about the country that I’ve observed and found myself compelled to research. It covers things such as religion, demographics, and street food.

8 September 2016

Uganda: An Introduction

As I continue my trip across the East Africa region I thought I would do a bit of research about the second country I’m visiting, along with some of my initial impressions of the place.

1 September 2016

Getting Settled In Kampala, Uganda

On Sunday morning I collected my bus ticket (£10) from the Kigali terminal and took an aisle seat near the front for an 8am departure. As I’ve documented previously, Rwanda is hilly, and so as we headed up the country there were many windy bits for the bus to sway from side to side. It […]

18 August 2016

Cycling (some of) the Congo Nile Trail to Lake Kivu

Despite having recently updated the profile picture a fortnight earlier at an open volcano, I felt it was prudent to keep up momentum in my pursuit of a decent profile pic. Monday was to be the equivalent of a bank holiday giving us a long weekend to explore other regions in the country. Around Saturday […]

11 August 2016

Rwanda: A Bit More

In this post I’ll be covering some of the less obvious aspects of residing in Kigali, Rwanda, ranging from bicycles, plastic bags and tarmac.

4 August 2016

Rwanda: An Introduction

Before I flew out, there were some pretty fundamental things about Rwandan every day life that I was unaware of. Things like what language is spoken, what food is eaten and what is the local currency. Now that I have at least a bit of sense of how things work I thought I’d write them up […]

1 August 2016

Nyiragongo Volcano, DR Congo

My travel plans are largely guided by the need to get an impressive Facebook profile picture. Over the past few years I have generally looked for something with an epic landscape/ geographical wonder, and then plonk myself in the foreground. This has taken me across Latin America, India, and after recenlty touching down in East Africa, […]