Tilda Uganda

Tilda Uganda LimitedType| Private

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Industry| Manufacture & Marketing of Rice
Founded| 1996
Headquarters| Kibimba, Uganda

Key people

| Venugopal Pookat
Executive Director
Products| Rice

Tilda Uganda Limited is a rice growing and processing company in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

## Contents

* 1 Location
* 2 Overview
* 3 Ownership
* 4 Other considerations
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## 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]

## 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]

## 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]

## See also

* Kibimba
* Bugiri District
* Eastern Uganda
* Uganda Economy

## References

1. ↑ Globefeed.com (16 June 2016). "Distance between Tilda Uganda Limited, Kibimba, Bugiri District, Eastern Region, Uganda and Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Tilda Uganda Ltd - Kibimba, Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda&toplace=Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda,&dt1=ChIJ60xpuigBfxcRc2c6ZmaFY20&dt2=ChIJS4haJDf8fhcRc2dl1uRjxKU. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
2. ↑ Globefeed.com (16 June 2016). "Distance between Jinja Town Hall, Gokhale Road, Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda and Tilda Uganda Limited, Kibimba, Bugiri District, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=JINJA TOWN HALL, Gokhale Road, Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda&toplace=Tilda Uganda Ltd - Kibimba, Bugiri, Eastern Region, Uganda,&dt1=ChIJYa_kCHh7fhcRZV0i9xy0jTQ&dt2=ChIJ60xpuigBfxcRc2c6ZmaFY20. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
3. ↑ Google (16 June 2016). "Location of the Headquarters And Factory of Tilda Uganda Limited" (Map). Google. `{{cite map}}`: `|access-date=` requires `|url=` (help); `|author=` has generic name (help); Missing or empty `|title=` (help); Unknown parameter `|mapurl=` ignored (help)
4. ↑ Sino-Ugandan Relations
5. ↑ IFC (11 November 1997). "Revised Environmental Review Summary (ERS): Uganda: Tilda Uganda Limited". Washington, DC: International Finance Corporation (IFC). http://ifcext.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/DocsByUNIDForPrint/06A5F74B535D5409852576C10080D272?opendocument. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
6. ↑ Mohapatra (2012). "Uganda: Blazing a trail to rice success". International Rice Research Institute. http://irri.org/rice-today/uganda-blazing-a-trail-to-rice-success. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
7. ↑ Tilda Rice Limited (16 June 2016). "Tilda Rice Limited: Our Ethics : Farming Practices". Tilda Rice Limited. http://www.tilda.com/foodservice/why-tilda-rice/ethics. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
8. ↑ Vipul Thakrar Quoting Narshidas Thakrar (25 September 2012). "Ugandan Asians: The birth of tilda rice". Kampala. http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Ugandan-Asians-series--The-birth-of-tilda-rice/-/691232/1516136/-/np3xn4z/-/index.html. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

## External links

* Website of Tilda Limited - The Parent Company
* How a bad deal led to better opportunity

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