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Tilda Uganda
Rice growing and processing company in Uganda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tilda Uganda Limited is a rice growing and processing company in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
Location
The company headquarters and factory are located on a 3,900 hectares (9,637 acres) estate in the community of Kibimba, along the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the town of Bugiri.[1] This is about 89 kilometres (55 mi) east of Jinja, the largest city in the sub-region.[2] The coordinates of the company headquarters and factory are 0°32'06.0"N, 33°52'31.0"E (Latitude:0.535005; Longitude:33.875280).[3]
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Overview
The Kibimba Rice Scheme, was established by President Idi Amin with China[4] in 1973. In 1996, Tilda Limited acquired the property. They applied to the International Finance Corporation for a US$2 million loan, as part of the funding required to rehabilitate the estate for growing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of rice and rice products.[5] It is estimated that in 2011, Tilda Uganda Limited was producing about 20,000 metric tonnes of refined rice grain annually.[6]
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Ownership
TUL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tilda Limited, a rice and related food products company headquartered in Rainham, (England), with offices in Dubai, (UAE) and Delhi (India).[7]
Other considerations
Some of the members of the family that founded Tilda Limited, were born or lived in Uganda for part of their lives.[8]
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