Amagara Skincare Limited is the latest entrant to the brief and desirable list of Ugandan entrepreneurial companies to be featured on CNN’s African Start-Up programme.
CNN recently broadcast an interview conducted with two directors of the skin care line, Anisha Kigongo and Shakib Nsubuga, at the company’s home at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute in Nakawa. “The idea to start Amagara was sparked by a gift, containing lotions, given to my mum,” Anisha said in the interview.
She noted that the ingredients of the lotions were items that could be sourced locally. “So we thought; why then can’t we produce the lotions from Uganda?”
Amagara means “Life” in Runyankole – a local dialect. The skin care line opened shop in 2012.
It manufactures body lotions, body butters, hand crèmes, shower gels and hand wash. The products are made with fruits, vegetables and oils sourced from local farmers.
