Banda is bordered by Kiwaatule to the north, Kireka to the east, Kinnawattaka to the southeast, Mbuya to the south, Nakawa to the southwest, Ntinda to the west and northwest.

The location of the hill is approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi), by road, east of Kampala's central business district.

[3] Starting in 1958, the government of Uganda began establishing educational institutions on the southern and southwestern slopes of the hill, in the neighborhood known as Kyambogo.

On the lower reaches of the hill, there are shops, small-scale industries, a stone quarry, warehouses and low-income rental residencies.

The Somali entrepreneur Amina Moghe Hersi owns Kingstone Enterprises Limited, a cement distributorship, whose headquarters are located in Banda.