The company headquarters and factory are located on a 3,900 hectares (9,637 acres) estate in the community of Kibimba, along the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the town of Bugiri.
[3] The Kibimba Rice Scheme, was established by President Idi Amin with China[4] in 1973.
They applied to the International Finance Corporation for a US$2 million loan, as part of the funding required to rehabilitate the estate for growing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of rice and rice products.
[5] It is estimated that in 2011, Tilda Uganda Limited was producing about 20,000 metric tonnes of refined rice grain annually.
[6] TUL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tilda Limited, a rice and related food products company headquartered in Rainham, (England), with offices in Dubai, (UAE) and Delhi (India).