Deal #1907

Largest sugar producer in Tanzania. Expansion project: The new plant will grow the company's capacity to produce sugar from the current 126,000 tonnes per year to 271,000 tonnes per year. (Source: Kilombero News Plants for Kilombero expansion project arrives in Dar es Salaam, 2023) Different information in Winghton & Chuhila, 2023: Sugarcane production on Estate of Kilombero sugar company 575,873.28 tons in 2019/2020 (source provided: Sugar Board of Tanzania, Correspondence, 2020.)

KSCL has the largest crop estate in Tanzania covering 26,000 hectares; 10,000 ha belonging to KSCL and approximately 16,000 ha from the small holder farmers - Kilombero Growers. ... The company's supply chain includes approximately 8,000 grower farmers supplying about 600,000 tonnes of cane every year. 45% of the sugarcane crushed by KSCL is supplied by independent farmers; the remaining 55% comes from the company's own land. Over 200 businesses have been registered in the Kilombero valley as a result of this supply chain. (Source: Company website - our story, 2024) Current state and expansion project: The growers will almost triple their income as the number of sugar cane sourced from growers is expected to grow from 600,000 tons to 1,500,000 tons and their revenue will increase to about TZS 170 billion by 2028. (Source: EXPANSION PROJECT - K4, Kilombero Sugar Company, 2023)

Company website states that electricity is being generated from bagasse (sugarcane residue), but doesn't detail how much is produced at the moment. With the expansion project, KSCL will generate additional electricity and produce a total of 20MW of electricity to be used to operate the mills and part will be available for export to the National grid upon agreement. (Source: Company website - Environmental sustainability, 2024) Part of the electricity to be used for the Kilombero manufacturing complex (10MW) and part will be available for export to the Tanzanian grid upon agreement (10MW) (Source: EXPANSION PROJECT - K4, Kilombero Sugar Company, 2023 & EXPANSION IMPACT OF KSCL OPERATIONS INITIAL FINDINGS, Kilombero Sugar Company, 2023)

SUP (Sugar production), Alcohol production

Currently: Two mills to produce sugar, ethanol distillery, power plant. Sugar factory expansion is planned. The factory is expected to double the company's sugar processing capacity. The factory construction will go in line with the construction of additional sugar storage and packaging facilities (Source: EXPANSION PROJECT - K4, Kilombero Sugar company, 2023)