Vital Tomosi Dairy Limited
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Dairy processing |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Rushere, Uganda |
Key people | Eyal Jones Managing Director[1] |
| Products | UHT milk, yogurt |
Vital Tomosi Dairy Limited is a dairy processing company in Uganda.[2] The main office and factory of the company are located in the town of Rushere, Kiruhura District, in Uganda's Western Region, approximately 242 kilometres (150 mi), southwest of Kampala, the capital and largest cit in that country.[3] The company is a joint venture between Vital Capital Fund, "an impact investing fund primarily focused on Sub-Saharan Africa", and "Tomosi Dairy Farms, a Ugandan producer of dairy products".[4]
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The company and its factory were set up over a four-year period. As of June 2017, the factory processes 50,000 liters of milk daily, on two production lines.[5]
The factory, which cost $13 million (about Shs46.8 billion) to build, is jointly owned by Vital Capital Fund, an Israel-based private equity firm and Tomosi Dairy Farms of Uganda. The processing plant was commissioned in November 2016 and produces yoghurt and UHT milk under the "Milkman" brand.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Jonathan Adengo, and Mark Keith Muhumuza (2 August 2017). "Firms scale up investment in milk processing". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Businge, Julius (25 May 2014). "Big dairy opportunity". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ GFC (20 March 2016). "Distance between Kampala Road, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Rushere, Western Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Vital Capital (2 April 2014). "Vital Capital Invests in Uganda-based Tomosi Dairy Farms and Ghana-based Prabon Community Project (Sub-Saharan Africa)". Empea.org Quoting Vital Capital. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Olanyo, Joseph (14 June 2017). "How new dairy company has transformed lives in Rushere". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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