ALAM group is comprised of over 17 companies in different regions across Africa. However, in Uganda, we have over 10 companies that are under different management but are all under the great Alam group of companies and these include Kaliro Sugar Limited, Casamets Africa, Rhino Gumboots, Oxygas, Alarm Properties, GEO lodges, Steel Rolling Mills, Ama Ply, and Crocodile Tool Company Limited, among others. Having put all our companies under different management teams has helped us to gain a very good market share because every management team has mastered the art of becoming a market leader in their specified sector. This has given the different Alam group companies a competitive advantage and we can brag about being one of the best manufacturers in the country. One of our companies, Casemets Limited, is currently the largest manufacturer of aluminum, steel fabrications, and other interior products in Uganda.
In this year’s sustainability report, we have briefly described the different activities, services, and products provided each of our companies because we diversified our activities to ensure that most sectors of the economy are catered for so as to increase the productivity and competition leading to the production of high-quality goods and services which directly improves people’s welfare. The quality of our products has also earned us wide praise across the countries in the East African region where we carry out a lot of exportation of our products. Due to the increase in the exportation of our products, we are directly contributing to the improvement of Uganda’s Balance Of Payment position as well as stabilizing the economy. We also, directly and indirectly, employ over 3,000 workers, both male and female, with the aim to ensure a gender balance across all companies in Uganda. Through creating more employment opportunities, we are directly helping Uganda to achieve the 1st UN Sustainable Development Goal of ‘No Poverty’.
Finally, we would like to thank the Uganda Manufacturers’ Association and the University of Southampton for the opportunity to report on our economic and non-economic performance for 2019 in this sustainability report. Under our material topics, we have briefly disclosed more about our performance.
Abid Alam
13 February 2020