Illovo Sugar Company
ZAMBIA SUGAR plc is the largest cane sugar producer in Africa. The company is listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange with 75% of shares held by the Illovo Group and the balance by investors.
The Nakambala agricultural and factory operations are based at Mazabuka in the southwest of the country with our corporate office in Lusaka.
Nakambala boasts the largest capacity factory in the Illovo group; with the capacity to produce 450 000 tons of raw, brown, and refined sugar from cane supplied by our own operations. In total we produce approximately 1.9 million tons of sugar, with 1.5 million tons delivered to the factory by our small to large-scale growers yearly.
As the country’s leading sugar producer our wide range of sugar products under the Whitespoon brand name include, Vitamin-A enriched direct consumption sugar, raw sugar for industrial customers, syrup and speciality sugars for both local and export markets.
Consistently delivering quality products through a well-developed local distribution network and depot system ensures that Whitespoon products stir up happiness, anywhere and everywhere in Zambia!
We are committed to a healthy and safe work environment with ongoing development and equal empowerment opportunities for all employees. Partnering with local farmers, transporters, contractors and enterprises in the supply chain, brings about multiplied socio-economic benefits to our thriving African community.
Education has become a cornerstone activity of our community involvement as-well as providing healthcare to employees and communities where no other medical facilities exist.
We are driven by initiatives to sustainably secure cane supply. Our water stewardship strategy focuses on ways to reuse water, return it to source, and to minimise its losses. Existing cane lands and farming activities are managed to ensure sustainable agricultural production.
By reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the use of bio-renewable energy such as bagasse and biomass, electricity co-generation at the Nakambala factory provides sufficient power for all agriculture and factory operations, as well as for residential use.
Not only do our sustainable practices make good business sense, they also reflect our integrity, accountability and commitment to the environment and our community.
Zambia sugar, a diversified, world-class consumer-centric agricultural business. Delivering shareholder value whilst creating thriving communities.
