Uganda Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde flags off the consignment of antiretrovirals that were flown to Namibia. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
The shipping of 70 tonnes of anti-retroviral medicines worth $4 million by Uganda’s Cipla Quality Chemicals Ltd to Namibia last week — the single largest export order for an East African pharmaceutical company — has been hailed as a game-changer for the Kampala-based drugs maker.
Quality Chemicals broke into regional markets in 2011 when its drugs were bought by Global Fund, to fight HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria in Kenya. Later, the company exported drugs to Tanzania, South Sudan, Zambia, Cameroon, Comoros; Namibia is its seventh export market.
