The Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited plays a key role in the development of the Ugandan economy. It is one of the leading quality producers of Sugar, which is an essential commodity. The corporation gainfully employs more than 7300 people directly and is amongst the largest employers in East Africa.

The Company's complex at Lugazi, spread across nearly 10,000 hectares, is one of the "showpiece" projects of East Africa. A totally integrated unit that grows sugarcane, manufactures white sugar, and converts the molasses byproduct into industrial alcohol. The corporation owns and operates the only distillery in Uganda.

The Company’s employee welfare measures are exemplary. A large, well-planned and constructed township provides its employees with not just housing, but power, drinking water, a hospital, schools and a dairy. Regular in-house training programs are conducted to upgrade skills and selected employees are sent for higher training to leading institutions in Uganda, as well as overseas. The company believes that it is involved in a "mission" in Uganda to help accelerate the nation's economic development. And towards this end, it is now involved in a variety of new efforts.

One, of course, is the ongoing process of improving the productivity of the Lugazi sugar plant. But, beyond this, the company is involved in a variety of diversification moves. Of these, the most innovative and successful has been the floriculture project. The company grows five hectares of roses under scientific greenhouse conditions. It also grows jasmines and tuberoses for the European and West Asian markets. Other corporate diversification moves are in the areas of horticulture - producing vanilla and essential oils for exports - as well as particle board manufacture, potable alcohol manufacture, seed farming, agribusiness and co-generation of power. Through all these efforts, the company seeks to help the country by earning vital foreign exchange, and meeting the growing demand at home.