cipla quality chemical industries limited type private industry pharmaceutical industry founded 2005 headquarters luzira kampala uganda key people emmanuel katongole executive chairman nevin bradford executive director & chief executive officer services pharmaceuticals total assets us 120 million 2012 number of employees 350 2012 website homepage cipla quality chemical industries limited cqci is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in uganda . according to a 2007 published report it was the only company in africa that manufactured triple combination antiretroviral arv drugs . 1 cqci also manufactures the antimalarial drug lumartem containing artemisinin and lumefantrine 2 and the hepatitis b generic medicines texavir and zentair . 3 4 contents 1 location 2 history 3 ownership of pharmaceutical plant 4 governance 5 see also 6 references 7 external links location edit cqci s pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is located in luzira a neighborhood in nakawa division in south eastern kampala . the plant is approximately 9 kilometres 5.6 mi by road south east of kampala s central business district . 5 the coordinates of the plant are 0 18 17.0 n 32 38 22.0 e latitude 0.304723 ; longitude 32.639436 . 6 history edit in 2004 quality chemicals limited qcl convinced indian drug maker cipla to go into a joint venture with qcl and the government of uganda to establish a pharmaceutical plant in uganda . ground was broken in 2005 and the factory was commissioned in 2007 7 with capacity of 6 million pills daily . 8 in 2009 tlg capital invested an undisclosed amount of money in the plant . 9 later capitalworks investment partners a private equity firm based in south africa also became a shareholder in the plant . 10 in february 2010 the government of uganda divested from the plant by selling its shares at cost to cqci . the transaction was valued at us 5 million . 11 in february 2011 the owners of the plant announced an us 40 million expansion to the production line to include increased production of antiretroviral and antimalarial medication . in april 2012 british media reported that cqci was in the process of expanding its manufacturing capacity fourfold . the plant had received approval of its processes and products from the world health organization . the products were expected to be initially marketed in burundi the democratic republic of the congo kenya rwanda south sudan tanzania and uganda . 11 according to a 2012 published report a second plant is being planned to be built next to the first plant which would raise cqci s manufacturing capacity to 18 million pills daily . 12 as of april 2016 the company s products were marketed in cameroon comoros kenya namibia tanzania uganda and zambia . 13 ownership of pharmaceutical plant edit as of july 2015 update the shareholding in the pharmaceutical plant was as depicted in the table below shareholding in cqci pharmaceutical factory rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 meditab holdings limited 51.05 14 2 quality chemicals limited 22.05 14 3 capitalworks investment partners 14.40 4 tlg capital 12.50 total 100.00 cipla also owns 50 percent of quality chemicals limited . governance edit the executive chairman of the board of directors of cqci is emmanuel katongole who was formerly the managing director of qcil . he replaced francis kitaka the first person in east africa to train as a biochemist 15 16 the managing director of cqci is nevin bradford . 17 see also edit kampala capital city authority references edit wendo charles 6 october 2007 . arvs production starts monday . new vision . retrieved 23 june 2014 . key data 2011 . quality chemical industries uganda . pharmaceutical technology . retrieved 23 june 2014 . ciplaqci 2015 . timeline & milestones . ciplaqcil.co.ug . retrieved 10 april 2016 . ciplaqci december 2015 . komboa newsletter pdf . ciplaqcil.co.ug . p. 4 . retrieved 10 april 2016 . globefeed.com 11 june 2016 . distance between post office building kampala road kampala central region uganda and cipla quality chemicals industries limited port bell road kampala central region uganda . globefeed.com . retrieved 11 july 2016 . google 11 july 2016 . location of cipla quality chemical industries limited pharmaceutical factory luzira nakawa division kampala uganda map . google maps . google . retrieved 11 july 2016 . elvis basudde and robert kasozi 31 october 2007 . kitaka the brain behind africa s first arvs factory . new vision . retrieved 11 july 2016 . anderson tatum 21 november 2007 . trip into the unknown . nature.com . retrieved 11 july 2016 . investment international 9 september 2009 . ugandan project attracts investors . investmentinternational.com . retrieved 23 june 2014 . ciplaqcil . investment partners in cipla quality chemical industries limited . kampala cipla quality chemical industries limited ciplaqcil . a b bbc 9 april 2012 . making drugs into profit in uganda . london bbc news . retrieved 11 july 2016 . baguma raymond 18 may 2012 . quality chemicals giving ugandans fighting chance . new vision . retrieved 23 june 2014 . ainebyoona emmanuel 9 april 2016 . uganda exports 70 tonnes of arvs . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 11 july 2016 . a b verma anuradha 22 may 2016 . cipla to acquire 51 percent stake in ugandan firm quality chemicals for 30 million . vccircle.com . retrieved 11 july 2016 . senyonyi taddewo 4 january 2014 . francis x. kitaka the unsung hero of uganda s health and agricultural sectors . kampala the ceo magazine . retrieved 9 april 2016 . monitor reporter 18 october 2013 . emmanuel katongole the founder of quality chemicals . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 17 march 2015 . ciplacqil 30 november 2013 . board of directors of ciplaqcil . ciplaqcil.co.ug . retrieved 17 march 2015 . external links edit qcil to manufacture special arvs museveni opens aids drugs factory tlg capital frontier private equity firms turn sights on africa coordinates 00 18 17 n 32 38 22 e 0.30472 n 32.63944 e 0.30472 ; 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