Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day Uganda gained independence from Britain. In true market research style, I am celebrating with an awesome infographic courtesy of Afrographique, depicting the years Africa’s countries became independent. (It wouldn’t be fare for us to steal all the limelight would it?)

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Three things you may or may not know about Uganda: 

1. The most widely spoken local language in Uganda is Luganda, followed by Lusoga and Runyankore (which is my tribal language, brap!)
2. Uganda Waragi is a common alcoholic beverage in Uganda- It’s delish, and almost like a more tangy version of gin. 
3. Uganda has been among the rare HIV success stories, one of the reasons being openness. In the 1980s, more than 30% of Ugandan residents had HIV; this had fallen to 6.4% by the end of 2008, the most effective national response to AIDS of any African country.

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N.B- Data hawks, before you comment, I've beat you to it and already spotted that Zimbabwe's independence was in 1980 not 1965 as stated in the infographic.