Bwendero Sugar Factory

Bwendero Sugar Factory (BSF) is a sugar manufacturing establishment, under development in the Western Region of Uganda.[1]

Bwendero Sugar Factory
TypePrivate
IndustryManufacture & distribution of sugar
HeadquartersBwendero, Hoima District, Uganda
Key people
John Fitzgerald Magara,
Executive Chairman of Bwendero Sugar Company Limited
ProductsSugar
Total assetsUS$6 million (2018)

Location

The factory and sugar plantation would be located north of the town of Hoima, in the Village of Bwendero, in Kiragura Parish, Kitoba sub-county, in Hoima District, approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi), by road, north of Hoima, off of the Hoima–Kigorobya Road.[2]

Overview

The factory, under construction as of September 2018, is expected to be commissioned in December 2018. It has a nucleus plantation of 750 hectares (1,900 acres) of raw sugar cane.[3]

According to the Daily Monitor, the factory cost USh22 billion (US$6 million), to build. Funding was raised through equity and debt. It has capacity of 1,000 metric tonnes of crushing capacity per day, [3] producing approximately 25,000 tonnes (25,000,000 kg) of sugar powder annually.

Ownership

Bwendero Sugar Factory is owned by John Fitzgerald Magara, a Hoima-based businessman, who is also the proprietor of Bwendero Dairy Farm.[4] BSF was the 13th sugar manufacturer to be licensed in Uganda. [3]

See also

References
  1. Agra.net (5 September 2018). "Uganda: Bwendero Sugar Mill to be commissioned in December 2018". London: Agra.net. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. Globefeed.com (21 September 2018). "Distance between Hoima, Uganda and Bwendero, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. Rainher Ojon, and James Babalanda (5 September 2018). "Shs22 billion sugar factory to launch in December". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. Nation Television Uganda (27 August 2018). "Bunyoro Businessman John Magara To Open 22 Billion Shilling Sugar Factory". Kampala: Nation Television Uganda. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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