Uganda and Tanzania have many similarities. Both have a history of British colonial rule and gained independence within a couple of years of each other. Political unrests stems from difficult pasts. For Tanzania these tensions come from it having merged to form the Republic of Tanzania by Tanganyika and Zanzibar. This merge has left Zanzibar a semi-autonomous state, creating tensions in elections. Uganda, on the other hand, has dealt with years of political unease between the reign of Idi Amin, the LRA, and the actions of Yoweri Museveni, who despite many things, has returned the country to a state of relative stability since coming to power in 1986.

These two countries border each other, although Tanzania takes advantage of its coastline whereas Uganda is landlocked. Despite similar climates, and topography, Uganda has 71.2% of agricultural land to Tanzania's 43.7%. They differ in their distribution of population with Uganda having a higher population density in their central and southern regions. whereas Tanzania's population density is distributed in clusters. Tanzania is, however, the largest and most populous East African country.

Both Uganda and Tanzania have a population of almost 50% youth with a median age of 15.8 and 17.7, respectively. Uganda's population, however, is one of the fastest growing in all of Africa. Bantu tribes are rooted in each country, offering similar languages and cultural diversity. These tribes though, especially in Uganda have caused a great many conflicts within the country. Due to these conflicts and those surrounding them, Uganda has a high level of refugees, whereas  Tanzania does not. Furthermore, Uganda has many internally displaced peoples due to the LRA being active for so many years in the northern region of Uganda.

In government the countries model each other. What is most interesting though is both countries have citizenship by decent, meaning only those born to someone who is native-born is given automatic citizenship. For Uganda this means having at least one parent or grandparent who is native born, for Tanzania this means having at least one parent who is a citizen. The two differ in naturalization policies with Uganda setting the bar at an aggregate of 20 years, with the last two being continuous, and Tanzania setting it at 5 years. While the countries are similar in their technologies, Tanzania does have a substantially higher level of infrastructure development (g61).

On opposite sides of the continent, Uganda and Cameroon have much in common. While Uganda was solely a colony of Great Britain, Cameroon was split between the French and English, although French remains more central to the country. Contrary to Uganda, Cameroon has maintained relative political stability, which has enabled the growth of its infrastructure, agriculture, and a petroleum industry. Cameroon has been led by president Paul Biya since 1982.

It is bigger than Uganda with more than 2,000km more of land boundaries. Due to its location in the crook of Africa, Cameroon also has access to the ocean, a luxury that Uganda does not have.  Their weather is similar, both dealing with regional shifts in their weather. Topographically Cameroon is much more diverse in comparison to Uganda's plateau in a rim of mountains. Uganda benefits from this by having roughly 50% more agricultural land available. Both are affected by natural disasters, although Cameroon is also wary of its active volcano, Sub-Saharan west Africa's highest point that last erupted in 2000. Their populations are distributed across their land with central and southern Uganda being more dense than other regions, and west and north Cameroon reflecting this as well. Uganda's population is, however, higher than Cameroon's by more than 20 million people. Both of their populations are heavily comprised of youth though. Like with Tanzania, Uganda's population is growing more rapidly. Each country's population is diverse with a multitude of ethnic groups and a variety of religions. This rings true for language as well. Although both have English as an official language, Cameroon also lists French.

Cameroon and Uganda are both presidential republics with similar structures. Technology wise, Uganda seems to be growing at a faster rate and their infrastructures differ between Uganda having more railways than roads, and Cameroon having more roads than railways. Like with Tanzania, Uganda also has a much higher level of refugees, specifically Sudanese as conflict continues in country, as well as a higher level of displaced peoples due to the LRA (g6).