THE RETURN OF THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY IN UGANDA:
In
1972, the president of Uganda, Idi Amin led a countrywide expulsion of all South
Asians; mainly Indians from India and Pakistani out do Uganda.
Idi
Amin’s government claimed that the Indians and the Asian Community were
exploiting indigenous Ugandans, which they believed that it, sabotaged the
Ugandan economy in which they were the higher member’s of the community working
and managing most of Ugandan business
But
this blog is not about the past; it is a blog about the current Uganda…at the
dawn of the new millennium came new waves and ideas of doing business; at only
50 years old the Ugandan economy seems to be on the uprising; with massive
corruption and lack of public services or very poor public services, the
private sectors hopes to makeup the services needed for the raising middle
class Ugandans.
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| The Indian Community in Uganda recently celebrating a holiday; picture credit: VISION GROUP UGANDA |
Uganda’s
leading private sector businessmen and women are mainly people those who have a
very good connection or relationship with the government; therefore they have
access to all the theses of operating a high-end business in Uganda or they are
foreigners.
The
majority of the players in the private sectors in Uganda are however
foreigners; who enjoy massive tax cuts from the government due to large amount
of money they push into the Ugandan economy.
The
recent technology business boom that has swept the African Continent has seen
the coming of telecom companies, media houses, a small printing press on the
raise and most of the world runs on digit media so does Uganda.
This
has introduced a new business class to countries like Uganda; the technology
industry has grown very much in the recent years; and with none or with small
human resources to cover the technology boom. African countries like Uganda
have had to depend on foreign human resources to cover what they lack.
Which
brings me back to the title of this blog, THE RETURN OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IN
UGANDA.
When
it comes to IT and technology business in general, South Asian countries have
invested heavily in that education which in return has seen a massive and rapid
business migrations over the years to countries like Uganda.
Uganda
is one of those countries that have welcomed the business immigrants and this
has caused many South Asian natives to return to Uganda.
Indians
in Uganda are in charge of some of the biggest banking systems, some of the CEOs
of Uganda’s largest telecom companies are Indians and along with most of
Uganda’s largest IT and printing companies.
They
are in charge of many and most of the best schools, especially international
schools and so many high end business of all kind.
