UG — Uganda

Uganda is a landlocked East African country known as the 'Pearl of Africa,' home to half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas and the source of the Nile River at Lake Victoria. Kampala, the capital, is a growing technology hub with an active startup ecosystem. The Ugandan Shilling (UGX) has no subdivision, meaning all amounts are whole numbers. For developers, the UG country code maps to en-UG for Ugandan English and sw-UG for Swahili. The .ug domain serves Uganda's digital ecosystem, and +256 is the dialing code. Uganda has imposed a controversial social media tax, which demonstrates how regulatory environments can affect application design and monetization in different markets. Mobile money is ubiquitous through services like MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Money. The UGX currency's lack of subdivisions simplifies some formatting but means applications should not display decimal places for Ugandan amounts.