HEALTH
HOSPITAL BEDS DONATED
Tembo received an Appreciation Award from Hon. Diana Mutasingwa N. Kagyenyi, Minister of State in the Office of the Vice President, for donating hospital beds and creating local jobs.
3,000people employed directly
100%import substitution
100%value addition in UgandaOre to finished product, all in the country
25years of Tembo SteelsEstablished in 2001
In the community
WHAT STAYS IN UGANDA
A steelworks is more than its product. Here is what Tembo has put back, in the words of the people who recorded it.
JOBS
3,000 PEOPLE AT WORK
Tembo employs 3,000 people directly across its head office and its two works.
SKILLS
A PLANT BUILT BY UGANDAN ENGINEERS
The second plant, at Iganga, was fabricated by Ugandan engineers. President Museveni commissioned it in January 2025.
INDUSTRY
VALUE KEPT IN THE COUNTRY
At the Iganga commissioning the President praised locally integrated industry for keeping value inside the country, and credited Tembo with reducing Africa’s reliance on imported steel.
BUY UGANDAN
BUY UGANDA, BUILD UGANDA
Tembo exhibits on the Buy Uganda Build Uganda platform and won the BUBU Expo Award in 2022. Its BUBU profile starts where the steel does, with virgin iron ore from Kabale.
CULTURE
INDIA DAY IN KAMPALA
Tembo was the main sponsor of India Day in Kampala in August 2024, hosted with the Indian Association of Uganda.
VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC
People’s Choice Quality Awards: eight years in a row, 2018 to 2025.
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
Visit the works
SEE STEEL BEING MADE
Schools, universities, engineers and customers can ask for a guided visit to the Lugazi or Iganga works. Tell us who is coming and when, and the team will confirm a date.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
- Your request reaches the teamOn WhatsApp, or at info@tembosteels.co.ug.
- They confirm a dateBy phone or email, with where to meet and what to bring.
- You see steel being madeThe team takes your group round the works and answers your questions.
Safety gear is on us. Helmets, safety boots and the safety rules are given to every visitor when you arrive at the works.
Talk to us
A PROJECT NEAR OUR WORKS?
If you run a school, a health centre or a community group around Lugazi or Iganga, tell us what you are working on.
A local business that could supply the works? Register on Sell to Tembo.
