Quality Chemical Industries Limited

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Not to be confused with Quality Chemicals Limited.
Quality Chemical Industries Limited
Company typePublic
USE: QCIL
IndustryPharmaceutical Industry
FoundedJuly 10, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-07-10)
HeadquartersLuzira, Kampala, Uganda
Key people
Emmanuel Katongole
Executive Chairman
Ajay Kumar Pal
Chief Executive Office & Managing Director
John Collins Kamili
Chief Pharmacist & Executive Director
ServicesPharmaceuticals
RevenueIncrease:Aftertax:USh6.786 billion (US$1.853 million) (2019)
Total assetsUSh287.561 billion (US$78.516 million) (March 2019)
Number of employees
350 (2012)[1]
Websiteciplaqcil.co.ug

Quality Chemical Industries Limited (QCIL), formerly Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL) is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda. According to a 2007 published report, it was the only company in Africa that manufactured triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.[2] QCIL also manufactures the antimalarial drug Lumartem, containing artemisinin and lumefantrine,[3] and the Hepatitis B generic medicines Texavir and Zentair.[4][5]

Location[edit]

QCIL's pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is located in Luzira, a neighborhood in Nakawa Division in south-eastern Kampala. The plant is approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi), by road, south-east of Kampala's central business district.[6] The coordinates of the plant are 0°18'17.0"N, 32°38'22.0"E (Latitude:0.304723; Longitude:32.639436).[7]

Overview[edit]

As of March 2019, the company's total assets were valued at USh287.561 billion (US$78.516 million), with shareholders' equity of USh168.310 billion (US$46 million).[8]

History[edit]

In 2004, Quality Chemicals Limited (QCL) convinced Indian drug maker Cipla to go into a joint venture with QCL and the government of Uganda to establish a pharmaceutical plant in Uganda. Ground was broken in 2005 and the factory was commissioned in 2007,[9] with capacity of 6 million pills daily.[10]

In 2009, TLG Capital, a London-based private equity company,[11] invested an undisclosed amount of money in the plant.[12] Later, CapitalWorks Investment Partners, a private equity firm based in South Africa, also became a shareholder in the plant.[13] In February 2010, the government of Uganda divested from the plant by selling its shares "at cost" to CiplaQCIL. The transaction was valued at US$5 million.[14]

In February 2011, the owners of the plant announced a US$40 million expansion of the production line to include increased production of antiretroviral and antimalarial medication. In April 2012, British media reported that CiplaQCIL was in the process of expanding its manufacturing capacity fourfold. The plant had received approval of its processes and products from the World Health Organization. The products were expected to be initially marketed in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[14]

According to a 2012 published report, a second plant is being planned to be built next to the first plant, which would raise manufacturing capacity to 18 million pills daily.[15]

As of April 2016, the company's products were marketed in Cameroon, Comoros, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[16]

In February 2020, the factory passed the first of three stages, in qualification to supply medication to South Africa. At that time, the following countries were accepting shipments from the factory: (1) Tanzania (2) Namibia (3) Sierra Leone (4) Angola (5) Mozambique (6) Zambia (7) Rwanda and (8) Myanmar.[17] In March 2020 the company shipped 300,000 ARV does to South Africa. This was followed by another 150,000 doses in April 2020, to be followed by 150,000 doses every month thereafter. Rwanda, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Zambia are receiving regular shipments from the factory.[18]

The company began shipment of antiretroviral drugs to Botswana in June 2020. During the second quarter of 2020, pharmaceutical sales totaled US$10million (USh37 billion). Of that Uganda accounted for US$1 million (10 percent) and Botswana purchased drugs worth US$4 million (40 percent). Other African countries bought the remaining US$5 million (50 percent), worth of pharmaceuticals during the quarter.[19]

In April 2021 the Daily Monitor Newspaper reported that the company had been authorized to ship antimalarials and HIV/AIDS medication to 30 new African countries in West Africa and Southern Africa. This is in addition to the eleven African markets it has been shipping to since inception. This gave CiplaQCIL access to an estimated 74 percent of the African continental market.[20]

Market segmentation[edit]

The table below illustrates the market segmentation of CiplaQCIL products for the 12 months ended 30 June 2021, valued at USh127 billion (approx. US$36.1 million).[21]

Market Segmentation of CiplaQCIL Products, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 (Gross Sales: USh127 Billion, Approx. US$36.1 Million).
Rank Customer Class Sales in US Dollars Percentage Notes
1 Government of Uganda 15.17 million 48.0 [21]
2 United States Presidential Malaria Initiative 6.86 million 19.0 [21]
3 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 4.33 million 12.0 [21]
4 Sovereign Customers 2.89 million 8.0 [21]
5 Private Customers 2.53 million 7.0 [21]
6 Others 2.17 million 6.0 [21]
Total 36.10 million 100.00

Note: Totals are slightly off due to rounding.

Ownership before November 2023[edit]

As of April 2017, the shareholding in the pharmaceutical plant was as depicted in the table below:[22] In 2017, the company began to implement plans to list some of its shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange.[23] After the listing it is expected that the shareholding in the company stock will be as reflected in the table below.[22][24][25][26]

Shareholding In CiplaQCIL Pharmaceutical Factory
Rank Name of Owner % Ownership Pre-IPO % Ownership Post-IPO
1 Meditab Holdings Limited[27] 51.05[28] 51.05[28]
2 Cipla European Union[28] 11.25[28] 0.00[28]
3 CapitalWorks Investment Partners 14.40[29] 11.11[28]
4 TLG Capital (Amistad) 12.50[30] 11.50[28]
5 Emmanuel Katongole 3.60[22] 2.78[28]
5 Frederick Mutebi Kitaka 3.60[22] 2.78[28]
6 George Baguma 3.60[22] 2.78[28]
7 Other investors via USE 0.00[22] 18.00[28]
Total 100.00 100.00
  • Cipla also owns 51 percent of Quality Chemicals Limited.[31]
  • Up until May 2015 Quality Chemicals Limited owned 22.05 percent of CiplaQCIL.[31] Sometime after that, Quality Chemicals sold their entire shareholding; 10.8 percent to three of the individual founders and the remaining 11.25 percent to Cipla European Union, thus raising Cipla's shareholding to the pre-IPO level of 62.3 percent.[32]

Ownership after November 2023[edit]

In November 2023, after a six-months wait, authorization was obtained from COMESA, for Cipla Limited to dispose of its 51.18 percent ownership in CiplaQCIL. The buyer is Africa Capitalworks, an equity fund, based in Mauritius, which now becomes the majority shareholder. The deal closed on 14 November 2023. It is expected that the company will rebrand to Quality Chemical Industries Limited (QCIL), to reflect current shareholding. As of 23 November 2023, after the exit of Cipla, the shareholding in the business was as depicted below.[33]


Quality Chemical Industries Limited (QCIL) Shareholding
Rank Shareholder Domicile Ownership (%) Notes
1 Africa Capitalworks Mauritius
51.18
 [33]
2 TLG Capital (Amistad) United Kingdom
11.51
 [33]
3 SCB Mauritius a/c Capitalworks SSA Mauritius
11.15
 [33]
4 Government Employees Pension Fund Uganda
8.54
 [33]
5 NSSF Uganda Uganda
7.38
 [33]
6 Emmanuel Katongole Uganda
2.79
 [33]
7 Fredrick Mutebi Kitaka Uganda
2.79
 [33]
8 George William Baguma Uganda
2.79
 [33]
9 Joseph Yiga Uganda
0.11
 [33]
10 UAP Insurance Life Fund Uganda
0.07
 [33]
3 Others International via USE
1.69
 [33]
Total
100.00

On 15 February 2024, the company re-branded to Quality Chemical Industries Limited.[34]

Governance[edit]

The executive chairman of the board of directors of QCIL is Emmanuel Katongole, who was formerly the managing director of QCIL. He replaced Francis Kitaka, the first person in East Africa to train as a biochemist.[35][36] The managing director of QCIL is Ajay Kumar Pal. He replaced Nevin Bradford who retired in 2021, after eight years with the company. John Collins Kamili is the Company Pharmacist and Executive Director at CiplaQCIL.[37]

Valuation[edit]

In September 2018, CQCIL offloaded 18 percent shareholding to institutional and individual investors. The IPO raised US$43.8 million. This puts the valuation of shareholders equity in the company at US$243.3 million.[38]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BBC (9 April 2012). "Making drugs into profit in Uganda". London: British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ Wendo, Charles (6 October 2007). "ARVs Production Starts Monday". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ Key, Data (2011). "Quality Chemical Industries, Uganda". Pharmaceutical Technology. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. ^ CiplaQCi (2015). "Timeline & Milestones". Ciplaqcil.co.ug. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ^ CiplaQCi (December 2015). "Komboa Newsletter" (PDF). Ciplaqcil.co.ug. p. 4. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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  11. ^ TLG Capital (25 June 2018). "About TLG Capital". London: TLG Capital. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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  35. ^ Senyonyi, Taddewo (4 January 2014). "Francis X. Kitaka: The Unsung Hero of Uganda's Health And Agricultural Sectors". Kampala: The CEO Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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  37. ^ Taddewo William Senyonyi (6 August 2021). "Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Appoints Ajay Kumar As New CEO". Business Focus Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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