ATMs: If you have a VISA ATM card then there is a wide network of ATMs that will give you money and at better rates than from the bureaux de changes. Standard Chartered is the best bet. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Here is a list of popular hotels located in Kampala PHONES: A local sim card is one of the easiest things to obtain here in Uganda. The benefits are multiple and it is easy. You can buy a Sim card at most any street corner and you will see signs such as Zain-now Airtel, MTN, Warid, UTL also called Mango and Orange. MTN is the largest service provider for in Uganda. Sim Card purchase is easy 1 to 2 USD. Sim require a passport or a Ugandan doing it for you. – No Yearly Contract No Monthly fees Call Waiting can be added Voice Mail can be added free with some providers such as MTN Add airtime by buying airtime at any store, street vendor, or even while stopped in traffic from vendors. You have a local Ugandan Mobile Number Free Incoming calls including from Overseas such as your home in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia Low cost Text messages including international ones. Cost varies between 5 – cents and 10 cents A phone call will run you around 8 cents a minute, an International one from 12 to 30 cents a minute. People can however call you back from overseas and if they use a calling card it can run from overseas as low as 12 cents a minute. Money Transfers by mobile phone: Some companies now offer in country , which requires you signing up for the money transfer system with a company such as MTN or AirTel. In the near future MTN will allow you to receive a money transfer via your mobile phone while in Uganda. If your phone has an Internet capability you can surf the Internet via your cell phone. Internet Access for your laptop via your Mobile Cell Phone in Uganda Money Transfer called Mobile Money including Money sent to you via your Mobile Phone using Western Union.
ATMs: If you have a VISA ATM card then there is a wide network of ATMs that will give you money and at better rates than from the bureaux de changes. Standard Chartered is the best bet. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Here is a list of popular hotels located in Kampala PHONES: A local sim card is one of the easiest things to obtain here in Uganda. The benefits are multiple and it is easy. You can buy a Sim card at most any street corner and you will see signs such as Zain-now Airtel, MTN, Warid, UTL also called Mango and Orange. MTN is the largest service provider for in Uganda. Sim Card purchase is easy 1 to 2 USD. Sim require – a passport or a Ugandan doing it for you. No Yearly Contract No Monthly fees Call Waiting can be added Voice Mail can be added free with some providers such as MTN Add airtime by buying airtime at any store, street vendor, or even while stopped in traffic from vendors. You have a local Ugandan Mobile Number Free Incoming calls including from Overseas such as your home in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia Low cost Text messages – including international ones. Cost varies between 5 cents and 10 cents A phone call will run you around 8 cents a minute, an International one from 12 to 30 cents a minute. People can however call you back from overseas and if they use a calling card it can run from overseas as low as 12 cents a minute. Money Transfers by mobile phone: Some companies now offer in country , which requires you signing up for the money transfer system with a company such as MTN or AirTel. In the near future MTN will allow you to receive a money transfer via your mobile phone while in Uganda. If your phone has an Internet capability you can surf the Internet via your cell phone. Internet Access for your laptop via your Mobile Cell Phone in Uganda Money Transfer called Mobile Money including Money sent to you via your Mobile Phone using Western Union.