Food and drink
Uganda with its agricultural resources, combined with the conducive climate, produces a wide range of food products. Bananas, millet, maize, sorghum, rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes and cassava grow in abundance. Fruits and other vegetables are also plentiful - watermelon, passion fruits, pineapples, mangoes, tomatoes, aubergine, green peppers.
Tea and coffee is readily available almost everywhere and the latest craze is coffee houses or cafes. Soda (Coke, Fanta, Sprite, bitter lemon, etc) are sold by the (glass) bottle, which are returnable and recycled. Local beer (lagers only) are as good as any international beer and there are many to choose from – Bell, Club, ESB, Pilsner, Nile Special, Eagle, Castle, Guinness (all brewed in Uganda).
Telephone
The IDD code for Uganda is +256. MTN Uganda, Uganda Telecom (Mango), Warid and Zain operate cellular Networks on the 078, 077, 071, 070 and 075 prefixes respectively. SIM cards are cheaply available everywhere in 'starter packs'.
Mobile phone network coverage is available in most parts of the country (over 70%).
Electricity
220/240 volts. British-style plugs with three pins are used.
Internet
Internet access is available in some form or another in just about all of Uganda's major centres of population. Even the smallest of Internet cafes are able to boast a wireless connection or similar. Speeds are acceptable although costs can be as much as Shs 200 per minute in some outlying areas.
Kampala is at saturation point in the number of cafes open to the public which has driven surfing rates down to as little as Shs 20 per minute.