| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacture & Marketing of Sugar |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Atiak, Amuru District, Uganda |
Key people | Amina Moghe Hersi Owner/CEO |
| Products | Sugar |
Number of employees | 1,500+ (2016) |
Atiak Sugar Factory Limited (ASFL), also Atiak Sugar Factory, or Atiak Sugar Limited, is a sugar manufacturing company in Uganda. [1]
The company's headquarters and main factory are located in Gem Village, Pachilo Parish, Atiak sub-county, Kilak County, in Amuru District, in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Atiak. Atiak Town is located approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Gulu, the largest city in Northern Uganda. [2]
The factory has the capacity to crush 1,650 tonnes (1,650,000 kg) of raw sugar cane daily, producing 66,000 tonnes (66,000,000 kg) of powder sugar annually. [3] Commissioning of the factory was expected in May 2016, with first distribution of sugar planned for June 2017. The factory will employ over 1,500 people and has contracted with over 5,000 out-growers. The owners of the company have established a working relationship with Gulu Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (GWEAL), whose objective is to develop Northern Uganda. [4] [5]
In July 2017, the government of Uganda extended a credit facility of US$17.4 million (approx. USh62.65 billion) to Horyal Investments Holding Company Limited, the owner of Atiak Sugar Factory. The loan, according to Uganda's finance minister will help Horyal to finish construction, procure the sugar-manufacturing machinery and start sugar production. Amina Hersi Moghe, the Chief Executive Officer of Horyal, says the credit will "provide support to sugarcane out growers, offset the balance of procuring machines and restructure their loan period with DFCU Bank". A new commissioning date has been pushed to June 2019. [6]
The supervising engineering company is Sugarnpower Projects Private Limited, from India. An electricity co-generation plant with initial capacity of 6 megawatts (8,046 hp), expandable to 27 megawatts (36,208 hp), is incorporated in the design. [7]
As of July 2018, construction was estimated at 70 percent completed. At that time, Amina Morghe Hersi, had invested an estimated USh272 billion (US$70 million) and UDC had invested USh65 billion (US$17 million). In October 2019, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported that completion was slated for the first quarter of 2020. [8] In March 2020, Dr. Amina Moghe Hersi indicated that commissioning of the factory was slated for April 2020. [9]
In July 2020, The Independent (Uganda) newspaper reported that commercial production would start in August 2020. [10]
In March 2022, Atiak Sugar Factory in Amuru District temporarily shut down sugar production over inadequate cane supply. Although the factory was projected to shut down for a short time pending the production of more cane, the current projection points to 2025 when it's likely to resume. [11]
It is expected that when the factory resumes production in late 2024 or early 2025, it will rely on irrigation and mechanization to boost productivity and be able to crush 1,650 tonnes of raw cane daily. [12] During the 2022/2023 financial year, the Parliament of Uganda approved USh108 billion (approx. US$28.5 million) to establish an irrigation system and procure machinery and mechanize some of the tasks, including land clearing, planting, weeding, harvesting and collection of harvested cane. [13]
The company is a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holding Company Limited, owned by Amina Moghe Hersi, a female Kenyan entrepreneur of Somali descent. [4] [14] In May 2018, the government of Uganda, through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), took a 10.1 percent ownership in Atiak Sugar Factory, for an investment of USh20 billion (approximately US$5.5 million). [15]
In July 2018, UDC invested another USh45 billion (approx. US$11.6 million), thus raising its stake in the factory to 32 percent. [16] [17] In April 2019, the company requested another USh 24 billion (approx. US$6.5 million), in funding to complete construction of offices and staff houses, with opening planned for the second half of 2019. This would bring the governments shareholding to 44 percent. [18]
In September 2023, Ugandan print media indicated that Horyal Investments owned 51 percent and the Uganda Development Corporation owned 49 percent of the company shares. [12]
| Rank | Name of Owner | Ownership (July 2018) | Ownership (May 2019) | Ownership (September 2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horyal Investments Holding Company Limited | 68.0 | 56.0 [18] | 51.0 [12] |
| 2 | Uganda Development Corporation | 32.0 [16] | 44.0 [18] | 49.0 [12] |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
When the factory opens, it is expected to have crushing capacity of 1,650 metric tonnes of sugarcane daily with co-generation of 6 megawatts of electricity. Future production is expected to increase to 3,500 metric tonnes of sugarcane daily with co-generation of 27 megawatts. [19]
Housing Finance Bank (HFB) is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.
PostBank Uganda is a commercial bank in Uganda, licensed and supervised by the Bank of Uganda, the country's central bank and national banking regulator. The bank received her tier-1 banking license in December 2021.
Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL) is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda. According to a 2007 published report, it was the only company in Africa that manufactured triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. CiplaQCIL also manufactures the antimalarial drug Lumartem, containing artemisinin and lumefantrine, and the Hepatitis B generic medicines Texavir and Zentair.
Amina Hersi Moghe is a Somali entrepreneur. She has launched several multimillion-dollar projects in Kampala, Uganda. Her investments include Oasis Shopping Mall in Kampala's central business district and the Laburnam Courts Apartments, on Nakasero Hill adjacent to State House Kampala. She in the process of launching the first sugar factory in Northern Uganda. Atiak sugar factory will not only bring revenue and development for the region but is championed as the first large scale industrial project for Northern Uganda. She is also one of the city's largest distributors of cement and other hardware materials. With successful business ventures throughout Uganda she has become a beacon of hope and a motivating role model for young African girls. she hails from the Garhajis clan of the Isaaq clan.
Banda is a hill that lies in Nakawa Division, within Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Banda also refers to the neighborhoods on the slopes of the hill and between Banda Hill and Kireka, extending all the way to the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The southwestern slopes of the hill are occupied by the neighbourhood known as Kyambogo, and is the location of the campus of Kyambogo University, one of the nine public universities in the country.
Kakira Power Station is a 52 megawatt bagasse-fired thermal power plant in the town of Kakira in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
The Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station is a 600 MW hydroelectric power project under construction in Uganda. When completed, it will be the largest power-generating installation in the country.
The Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) is an agency of the government of Uganda. It promotes and facilitates the industrial and economic development of Uganda. Formed in 1952, it had some success in promoting local industrial development and was swelled with the addition of newly nationalised industries in the early 1970s. These, however, proved too much for the corporation, and it went into a slow decline before being completely phased out in 1998. The organisation was reconstituted with similar aims in 2008.
Hima Cement Limited (HCL) is a cement manufacturer in Uganda. It is a subsidiary of the Holcim Group, a building materials manufacturer headquartered in Switzerland, with subsidiaries in over 80 countries.
Roofings Group, often referred to simply as Roofings, is the largest manufacturer of steel construction materials in Uganda, with installed production capacity of 72,000 metric tonnes annually.
Kakira Sugar Works Limited, often called Kakira Sugar Works, is a leading sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
Kinyara Sugar Limited (KSL) formally Kinyara Sugar Works Limited (KSWL), is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda.
Moroto Cement Limited (MCL), whose full name is Moroto Cement Industries Limited, is a manufacturer of cement in Uganda with approximately 3000 tonnes per day clinker capacity.
Daniel Fred Kidega is a Ugandan politician and former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, in office from December 2014 until June 2017. As of August 2020, he served as the chairman of Atiak Sugar Factory, in Amuru District, in which the Uganda government owned 40 percent shareholding.
Amuru Sugar Works Limited (ASWL) is a proposed sugar manufacturing company in the Northern Region of Uganda.
The Atiak–Adjumani–Moyo–Afonji Road is in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Atiak, Adjumani, Moyo, and Afoji at the international border with South Sudan.
Uganda is the largest producer of granular brown sugar in the East African Community, accounting for about 500,000 metric tonnes annually as of May 2017. By 2021, national annual sugar output had increased to about 600,000 metric tonnes of brown sugar and 60,000 metric tonnes of industrial sugar. In October 2022, it was projected that the country would produce 822,000 metric tonnes in calendar year 2022. Of that, about 720,000 metric tonnes would be brown table sugar and about 102,000 metric tonnes would be white industrial sugar.
Rwanda produces the least quantity of granular brown sugar among four of the six countries of the East African Community, namely Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, accounting for about 12,000 metric tonnes annually as of August 2016. With national consumption measured at 90,000 metric tonnes annually in 2016, it is expected that by 2020, annual consumption will have reached 160,000 metric tonnes, costing over US$150 million to import.
The Atiak–Laropi Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda. The road connects the urban centers of Atiak, in Amuru District to Adjumani, in Adjumani District to end in the town of Laropi, in Moyo District.
Capital: Amuru | ||
| Towns and villages |  | |
| Geography |
| |
| Economy | ||
| Transport | ||
| Notable people | ||
