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The New Forests Company
- New Forests Commissions Largest Pole Treatment Plant in Uganda
- 15/4/2010
The New Forests Company today commissioned Uganda’s largest pole treatment plant as the company marked its emergence from tree planting into value-added manufacturing and exposure to the energy and infrastructure sector.
Click here to read more »- PLANTING COMMENCES IN TANZANIA
- 21/1/2010
NFC is pleased to announce that the hard work which has been put into obtaining land titles in Tanzania over the last few years has allowed us to begin operations and planting commenced in December 2010...
Click here to read more »- CONSTRUCTION OF POLE TREATMENT PLANT IN UGANDA COMMENCES
- 14/12/2009
The company is pleased to announce that construction of its first transmission pole treatment plant has commenced in Mityana, Uganda – a town situated 70km’s from Kampala.
Click here to read more »- MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS
- 8/10/2009
NFC has made a series of key senior management appointments. Joining the Johannesburg based corporate team is Anton Greeff who has been appointed as Head of Forestry with responsibility for all of NFC’s African Forestry operations. Anton joins NFC from Sappi, where he was latterly their Regional Manager for Mpumalanga.
Click here to read more »- INVESTMENT BY AGRI-VIE
- 23/8/2009
Mauritius based Agri-Vie, a pan-Africa agri-business fund, yesterday completed a $6.7-million investment in New Forests Company (NFC), a forestry and timber products group with operations in Uganda as well as Tanzania, Rwanda and Mozambique.
Click here to read more »- NFC UGANDA ACHIEVES FSC CERTIFICATION
- 23/4/2009
Following the completion of the main assessment mission undertaken by SGS, NFC is proud to announce that it has achieved Forestry Stewardship Council certification of its Ugandan plantations.
Click here to read more »- AFRICAN FORESTRY COMPANY SECURES HSBC INVESTMENT
- 29/9/2008
The UK based New Forests Company announced yesterday that it had secured a US$8.5m equity investment from HSBC Principal Investments to help underpin the company’s plans to become the largest tree planter in East Africa.
Click here to read more »- Unique partnership to develop rural Uganda
- 1/10/2008
A unique example of co-operation between a foreign investor and a local Ugandan community to develop the impoverished rural countryside was unveiled in Bugiri
Click here to read more »- Press Release
- 23/9/2008
Over 6 million Seedlings set for Plantation in Uganda and Mozambique this year
Click here to read more »- Press Release
- 26/6/2008
HOW A MUD STOVE HELPS UGANDA’S FORESTS & COMMUNITIES
Click here to read more »- Tracey Emin open’s The New Forests Company’s first Secondary School
- 23/1/2008
Acclaimed British artist Tracey Emin today officially opened a new Secondary School for one thousand impoverished students in rural Uganda built by The New Forests Company as part of its commitment to community development and corporate social responsibility.
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- Ugandan President Museveni gives The New Forests Company “Investor of the Year” award
- 18/1/2008
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today presented NFC Uganda with an award as "Investor of the Year" in recognition of the company’s investment track record and its commitment to agro-industry, rural job creation, community development and corporate social responsibility.
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