Private | |
Industry | Manufacture & Marketing of Sugar |
Founded | 1930 |
Headquarters | Sango Bay, Kakuuto, Uganda |
Key people
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Sharad Patel Managing Director |
Products | Sugar |
Sango Bay Estates Limited (SBEL), also Sango Bay Estates is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
SBEL sits on approximately 250 square miles (650 km2) (65,000 hectares) of land. As of July 2014[update], it is the fifth-largest manufacturer of sugar in Uganda, producing an estimated 20,000 metric tonnes annually in 2014, accounting for approximately 5% of national output.Kakira Sugar Works, located in Kakira, Jinja District, is the nation's largest sugar producer, accounting for approximately 41% of national output. Kinyara Sugar Works (KSW), in Kinyara, Masindi District, is the second-largest producer of sugar in the country, accounting for about 29% of national output. Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL), located in Lugazi, Buikwe District, produces approximately 12% of total national sugar output. The Sugar & Allied Industries Limited (SAUL) in Kaliro District, accounts for about 9% of national output. The remaining 4% or so is produced by small, newly licensed companies whose individual production data is not yet publicly available. The estimated 442,500 metric tonnes of sugar produced by the four leading sugar manufacturers in Uganda is marketed to the Eastern African countries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.