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 , 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 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 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.