Assessment of the Construction Sector in Uganda by Mathias Kasujja of Kasthew Group

Mathias Kasujja, CEO of Kasthew Group, shares his assessment of the construction sector in Uganda and explains why ready-mix concrete is the way forward.

“The construction sector in Uganda is booming. Uganda is a developing economy and people are trying to start a lot of construction – industrial, commercial, residential. The people that are planning to come into the sector will get good returns. In the ready-mix concrete part of the sector, it is less competitive but still booming. It is a new technology in the country, unlike other parts of the world. In Uganda, we have every few players. We have only 4 to 5 suppliers of ready-mix concrete. Contractors in the country are trying to embrace the technology. It is the way forward for this sector. It is a good business and people are trying to catch up with the trend”, says Mathias Kasujja.

“If you do not use ready-mix concrete in your construction, the other option is the local way of mixing concrete on site. It is time consuming and there is a lot of waste of both materials and time. The reason why we came up with this idea was to minimize wasted time on site. Concrete is mixed with a machine so you know how many cubic meters of concrete you need on a particular project and the computer calculates that automatically. In one hour, you could cast a slab over 200 m³ of concrete which is not possible with the traditional method”, he adds.

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