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Hotel Africana
Location	2-4 Wampewo Avenue, Kololo, Kampala Uganda
Coordinates	00°19′12″N 32°35′39″E / 0.32000°N 32.59417°E / 0.32000; 32.59417
Opening date	1997^[1]
Management	BMK Group
Owner	BMK Group of Companies
Rooms	233^[2]
Suites	5
Restaurants	2
Floors	12
Website	Homepage

Hotel Africana is a hotel in Kampala, Uganda's capital city and largest metropolitan area.

1 Location
2 Overview
3 Ownership
4 External links
5 See also
6 References

Location [edit]

The hotel is located on Wampewo Avenue, on Kololo Hill, adjacent to Garden City Mall in Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Hotel Africana are:00 19 12N, 32 35 39E (Latitude:0.3200; Longitude:32.5940).

Overview [edit]

Starting as a single block of about 40 rooms in 1997, Hotel Africana has expanded over the years to a hotel complex with a room count in excess of 230, an outdoor swimming pool, manicures gardens and a conference complex that seats in excess of 3,500 delegates.^[3] The hotel is the focal business of the BMK Group of Companies founded by the Group Managing Director, Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige.^[4] As of November 2007, the hotel employed more than 300 people.^[5]

Ownership [edit]

The hotel is a member of the BMK Group of companies (BMK Group), which includes business interests in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia and the People's Republic of China. Group assets include companies that lease construction equipment in Uganda and Rwanda and foreign exchange bureaus in Uganda.^[6]

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v t e Kampala District

Capital: Kampala

Divisions	Kampala Central Division Kawempe Division Lubaga Division Makindye Division Nakawa Division

Neighborhoods	Bugoloobi Bukoto Busega Butabika Bwaise Ggaba Kabalagala Kamwookya Kansanga Kaleerwe Kanyanya Kasubi Katwe Kawaala Kawempe Kibuli Kibuye Kigoowa Kikaaya Kisaasi Kiwaatule Kulambiro Kololo Kyambogo Kyebando Lubaga Lungujja Luzira Makerere Makindye Mbuya Mengo Mpererwe Mulago Munyonyo Mutundwe Muyenga Naakulabye Naguru Najjanankumbi Nakasero Nakawa Namirembe Namungoona Namuwongo Nateete Ndeeba Nsambya Ntinda Old Kampala Port Bell Wandegeya

Economy	Air Uganda Aya Group Quality Chemical Industries Limited Mukwano Group Ruparelia Group Bank of Uganda ABC Capital Bank Barclays Bank Bank of Africa Bank of Baroda Bank of India (Uganda) DFCU Group Cairo International Bank Centenary Bank Citibank Crane Bank DFCU Bank Diamond Trust Bank Ecobank Equity Bank Fina Bank Global Trust Bank Housing Finance Bank Imperial Bank Uganda Kenya Commercial Bank National Bank of Commerce NC Bank Uganda Orient Bank PostBank Uganda Stanbic Bank Standard Chartered Bank Tropical Bank United Bank for Africa East African Development Bank Uganda Development Bank National Housing and Construction Company Uganda Air Cargo International Medical Group National Social Security Fund Umeme Uganda Securities Exchange Uganda Investment Authority Capital Markets Authority The Monitor New Vision New Vision Group Uganda Telecom Mercantile Credit Bank Pride Microfinance Limited Uganda Finance Trust Limited Opportunity Uganda Limited Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited FINCA Uganda Limited UGAFODE Microfinance Limited

Notable landmarks	Bulange Uganda Parliament Buildings Butabika National Referral Hospital Mulago National Referral Hospital Nsambya Hospital Rubaga Hospital Mengo Hospital Naguru General Hospital International Hospital Kampala Kibuli Hospital Kampala Capital City Authority Complex Kampala Serena Hotel Hotel Africana Kampala Sheraton Hotel Imperial Hotels Group Imperial Royale Hotel Grand Imperial Hotel Hotel Equatoria Kampala Hilton Hotel Kampala Intercontinental Hotel Kampala Speke Hotel Mapeera House Movement House East African Development Bank Building Bank of Uganda Building Complex Mengo Palace St. Paul's Cathedral Namirembe St. Mary's Cathedral Lubaga Makerere University Main Campus Kampala Tower Kibuli Mosque Old Kampala Mosque Kampala Airport Uganda Museum Uganda National Cultural Centre Kampala Northern Bypass Highway Kampala-Jinja Highway Kasubi Tombs Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala DFCU House Pension Towers

Education	Makerere University Makerere University Business School Kampala International University Kampala International School Kampala University Kyambogo University Law Development Centre International Health Sciences University International University of East Africa Makerere College School Rubaga Community School Saint Lawrence University Uganda Management Institute Cavendish University Uganda Victoria University Uganda Uganda Martyrs University School of Medicine

Notable people	Apolo Nsibambi Nasser Ntege Sebaggala David Serwadda Fred Ruhindi John Ssebaana Kizito Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige Erias Lukwago Dr. Ian Clarke Jennifer Musisi Maria Kiwanuka Laurence Sematimba Joseph Kizito Justinian Tamusuza Robert Ssejjemba Eugene Sseppuya Phillip Ssozi Sudhir Ruparelia Wasswa Serwanga Yusef Sozi Derrick Sebagala Margaret Zziwa

Coordinates: 00°19′12″N 32°35′39″E / 0.32000°N 32.59417°E / 0.32000; 32.59417

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