East Central Africa 2o018
Scout Camp Again–on the Equator
Scout Camp on the Equator May 20,2018 I’m literally in the southern hemisphere, having crossed the equator, in a TENT. Crossing the equator resulted in a discovery of a young entrepreneur. Stationed alongside the road, at the equator, is a sign indicating that you are in the middle of the earth. There’s a pull off … Continue reading
Legendary Scouter Baden Powell meets Legendary Scoutmaster Fred
May 19, 2018 I’m in awe as I write this, sitting in a 1927 lodge originally frequented by Lord Baden Powell, founder of Scouting. I was in my room when an attendant came in a built a fire to take off the chill of being at 6,000 feet, south of the equator by 25’. I’m … Continue reading
Longer than a Wagnerian Opera (not just this blog)
May 17, 2018 As sometimes happens, our scheduled morning visit got canceled: the visit was to a coffee company, and since 72% of the employment (but 22% of the GDP comes from agriculture, and this what L thought would be our only agricultural visit, I was a little disappointed. But, as I’ve said, you shouldn’t … Continue reading
The “Harvard” of Africa?
May 15, 2018 We went back to school today—actually, to two kinds of educational institutions. For about three hours, we shared teaching ideas and research possibilities with faculty from the College of Business at Makere University, which the dean described as the “Harvard of Africa.” The 96 year old school is the oldest in Uganda, … Continue reading
Just Like Scout Camp, only better
May 14,2018 I’ll be leading almost 30 boys to Scout camp in mid-June, so what I’ve done the past two days might serve as good preparation. For one thing, we ate common meals at the Lodge. Admittedly, there was no Paul Bunyan breakfast (thankfully!); instead, we had buffets that included a lot of Indian food. … Continue reading
A Nile High
May 12, 2018 Being Nile High As I warned, we are in de Nile, or rather in sight of de Nile, the Victoria Nile (one of the major branches) at Murchison Falls National Park, at 2400 square miles, the largest preserve in Uganda. It wasn’t always so. Though it was originally set up in 1910, … Continue reading
Almost in De Nile
3-5-10 Announcing that business Uganda could be summed up in those three numbers, a member of the State Department spent about two hours with us at the formidable US embassy in Kampala. The 3% referred to the population growth in Uganda. I said it’s about 40 million; that would make it 80 million in 24 … Continue reading
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (but not in Kampala)
May 9, 2018 This was Lion country (but not today) 00 19 says my GPS, referring to Kampala, the capital of Uganda. It’s 7824 miles from home—or about 27 hours by plane (via Atlanta and Amsterdam), just north of the Equator. Three street names near the hotel help me put the history of Uganda into … Continue reading