The Mukwano Group of Companies, commonly known as the Mukwano Group, is a conglomerate based in

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, with operations in other

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n countries.

Overview

The group was established in 1986, although it did not start operations until 1989. As of October 2016, the group is involved in six main areas of business: (a) manufacturing (b) real estate investments (c) bulk storage & shipment (d) cargo clearing & forwarding (e) agriculture and (f) financial services. Mukwano Group is one of the most active investment groups in Uganda. The group won the coveted Annual Presidential Award of Best Exporter of the Year for 2004. In 2009, its beverages division attained

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Certification.

Subsidiary companies

The subsidiary companies of the Mukwano Group include but are not limited to the following: * AK Transporters Uganda Limited; a fully licensed and equipped logistics and transport company with over 200 light, medium and heavy transport trucks. * Gulf Stream Investments Limited; a bulk liquid-storage terminal within the port area of

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. The terminal can store close to 26,000 metric tonnes of vegetable oils, oil derivatives and related chemicals in dedicated tanks. * Exim Bank (Uganda); a retail commercial bank jointly owned with

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. *Lira Maize Factory Limited; located in

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. *Lira Oil Mill Limited; which produces in excess of 25,000 tons of oil annually, from sunflower and

cottonseed Cottonseed is the seed of the cotton plant. Composition The mature seeds are brown ovoids weighing about a tenth of a gram. By weight, they are 60% cotyledon, 32% coat and 8% embryonic root and shoot. These are 20% protein, 20% oil and 3.5% sta ...

, since 2007. *Mukwano Agro Project Limited; which consists of over under cultivation in

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. Crops include

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soybeans The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean. Soy is a staple crop, the world's most grown legume, and an important animal feed. Soy is a key source of f ...

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the pr ...

, and simsim. Contracts with over 45,000 out-growers whose farm acreage is in the neighborhood of . *Mukwano AK Plastics; which manufactures household and industrial plastic products. *Mukwano Dar es Salaam Factory; located in

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, the factory has manufactured edible oil and soap since 2004. *Mukwano Industries Limited, a manufacturer of

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s, cleaning products, sanitary products, household and industrial plastic products,

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and

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. *Mukwano Sugar Factory; a licensed sugar manufacturer, located in

, with capacity to process 2,500 metric tonnes of raw sugarcane daily (912,000 tonnes annually). *Nationwide Properties Limited; a real-estate development company that builds commercial and residential properties. Nationwide is a joint venture between the Mukwano Group and Property Services Limited, a real estate management firm in Uganda. *Riley Packaging Limited; the largest producer of packaging materials in

, a joint venture between Mukwano Group and Raps Limited, another Ugandan company. The factory, estimated at US$13 million, is located in Mukono on the Kampala-Jinja Highway.

Products

The products of the Group include: * ''Aqua Sipi'' bottled water * ''Kyekyo'' energy drinks * ''Mukwano'' edible cooking oil * ''Roki'' fortified edible cooking oil * ''Three Star'' fortified edible cooking oil * ''Marina'' margarine * ''Tamu'' baking fat * ''Sunseed'' edible sunflower oil * ''Nice Fry'' edible cooking fat * ''Nice Fry'' vegetable frying fat * ''Royal Palms Housing Estate'' - A gated residential community, located at

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, , by road, southeast of the

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, on the shores of

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References

External links

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About Mukwano Group's Out-Growers Scheme

Riley Packaging bids to buy Panpaper (Kenya) Limited

About Royal Palms Estate, A Development of Nationwide Properties Limited
{{Kampala District Conglomerate companies of Uganda Companies based in Kampala Agriculture in Uganda Kampala Central Division

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