Pearl Dairy Farms’ Bhaskar Kotecha and Anand Kapoor on $9m modernisation drive in East Africa
The two businessmen behind the Ugandan conglomerate Midland want to address the need for more productivity in the African dairy sector. A European investment could be on hand.
09/03/2023 at 19h34, by Africa Business+
Launched in 2009 by Bhaskar Kotecha and Anand Kapoor, the Ugandan company Pearl Dairy Farms is today one of the leaders in the East African dairy industry, with products exported to several markets in the region (Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, DR Congo) and internationally (United Arab Emirates, India and Japan).
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