The sugar plantation and processing factory in Chembe, Zambia spread across 2,500 hectares processes around 500,000 tonnes of sugarcane per annum and produce 44,380 tonnes of white mill sugar.

Production was in three phases – phase one involved research, design estimations as well as setting up basic amenities, over a six-month period. Under phase two, land development, civil construction and factory establishment, along with a few trials was done over an 18-month period. The third phase took around two years and involved the entire area development on a full scale of operations.

For the operations, water was sourced from the Luwo, Lwele and Luapala rivers. Officials have estimated the project lifespan to be about 30 years.