Steel Industry in Uganda and the Region: Overview and Vision of Roofings Group

Sikander Lalani, Chairman and CEO of Roofings Group, gives an overview of the group and shares his vision for the future.

“I started my business in Rwanda 50 years ago and had a dream to have a quality cold rolling mill complex. This project was realized about four and a half years ago with the help of a lot of suppliers of different quality machines, a lot of family support, and support from my workers and all of the top staff from the company. The teamwork made a huge difference in our success. For the last 25 years, we have not stopped developing. We have continuously invested in new technology, new machinery, new products”, says Sikander Lalani.

“We want to expand into Kenya with a new plant in Mombasa because there is a huge market there and in Tanzania. From Mombasa, the accessibility to Tanzania and the rest of Africa is much easier. It is on the coast rather than landlocked like Uganda so we can target a much larger market. In the medium to long term, we want to be the largest steel manufacturer in the East African Community and Africa with the highest quality products to satisfy the market and the population of the entire continent”, he adds.

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