HI-TECH: Hamid (right) explains how the machine works

By Vision Reporters

PAN- Afric Commodities, a leading wheat processor, has installed a new machinery at their Kawempe plant in Kampala worth $2m. Pan-Afric is a subsidiary of AYA Group of Companies.

The Group chairman, Mohamed Mohamed Hamid, conducted the press on a familiarisation tour of the factory on Friday. He said the installation of the hi-tech machinery was in line the Group’s expansion strategy, aimed at increasing production.

Hamid said the machinery would serve as an ultra -modern bakery used in the production of quality bread and other related products.

“We are embarking on a vertical integration of our plant with this new expansion programme. We are looking at producing quality bread as well as other related products with a minimum shelf-life of at least 30 days. This is the first of its kind in the region,” Hamid said.

He said the new bakery will produce 1,000 loaves of bread per hour and at least 52,000 loaves a day.

“We also hope to create some 100 new jobs directly and indirectly with this new development,” Hamid said.

Pan Afric Commodities was incorporated in 1997 with an initial investment of $7m.
It has now grown to become one of the leading wheat processing plants in Uganda with an investment of $24m. It employs 300 people.