After a 25-year period of inactivity since 1996, the sugar factory resumed production in March 2021, under new management and a new brand name.
[1] The sugar refinery and the headquarters of the company that operates the factory are located in the town of Kiliba, in the Ruzizi Region, in Uvira Territory in South Kivu Province, in eastern DR Congo.
[2] Kiliba is located about 16.5 kilometres (10 mi), by road, north of the city of Uvira, on the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika.
They settled on a consortium, based in Tanzania, with a track record of profitable investments in sugar growing, processing and marketing.
[1] As of March 2021, the shareholding in the stock of South Kivu Sugar Refinery is as illustrated in the table below.