Turyatunga Sam, who is reaping quite a fortune from fruit juice processing, is a fresh graduate with a bachelor of science in food processing from Kyambogo University also an old boy of Ntare school.
He says he graduated early this year on 29th January 2016. Turyatunga who started his trade in a hostel and later moved to the University labaratory while still at campus has now grown to the level of a cottage industry. He is now now a food scientist and Executive Director of Tursam Investments Limited and chairman at Omega Juicers.
Turyatunga Sam is a young scientist and entrepreneur who is reaping big from the growing demand for healthy foods in both Uganda and East Africa at large.
He is a young hard working entrepreneur transforming a fruit juice business into a multi-million shilling company each day that passes-by.
Turyatunga’s company manufactures banana and mango fruit juices under the Uhuru Fruit Drinks brand. He attributes his breakthrough to his willingness to learn and hard work.
His products are tapping into the fast growing demand for healthy foods.
At the crack of dawn, Turyatunga is out in the market to shopping for mangoes. It’s a raw material for his product – Uhuru fruit juice. He says the business is fast growing.
In just one year, Turyatunga has grown his production capacity to 500 liters daily. His customers include restaurants, supermarkets and schools.
He now faces the challenge of limited technology to meet the increasing demand.
As Turyatunga churns out more flavors on to the market, he is hopeful that one day his product will be among the favorite in the East African Region.
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