Tanzania's sugar mill Kilombero in plans to construct new factory

Kilombero Sugar factory warehouse. The company plans to build a new factory to handle an increase in production. FILE PHOTO | NATION

Kilombero Sugar Company, a subsidiary of Illovo Sugar Africa, is planning to build a new factory as it increases acreage of farms under its operation in Morogoro region, Tanzania.

The company is also targeting to increase sugar production from 126,000 tonnes to 250,000 tonnes per year. The new factory is expected to process 2.5 million tonnes of sugar cane from the current 1.2 million tonnes.