- Source: Bwendero Sugar Factory
Bwendero Sugar Factory (BSF) is a sugar manufacturing establishment, under development in the Western Region of Uganda.
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.
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.
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, 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. BSF was the 13th sugar manufacturer to be licensed in Uganda.
See also
List of sugar manufacturers in Uganda
References
External links
Sugar Cane Growing taking over Bunyoro
