Nakambala Sugar Estate was founded in 1964 by Tate & Lyle Ltd on the south east edge of the Kafue flats. Its main activities are the growing of sugarcane and the production and marketing of sugar and downstream products.
By 1968 the estate was growing sugar cane on 1,680 hectares (4,200 acres), using the sugar mill which had been moved from Tate & Lyle’s failed sugar operation at Chirundu and irrigation water from the Kafue River.
In 1972 the Zambia Sugar Company Limited, which operated the estate, was nationalised and Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia (INDECO) acquired 51 percent of the shares of the company, while Tate and Lyle retained 49 percent. In 1975 INDECO raised their stake to 75 percent, with Tate and Lyle retaining 11 percent, with the remaining 14 percent being taken up by other private investors.
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