Ruparelia Group
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The Ruparelia Group of Companies, commonly referred to as the Ruparelia Group is a conglomerate in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. The group is mainly involved in banking, insurance
Insurance
In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
development and management, floriculture
Floriculture
Floriculture, or flower farming, is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry...
, broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
, hotels and resorts.
History
The group chairman, Sudhir RupareliaSudhir Ruparelia
Sudhir Ruparelia is a businessman and entrepreneur in Uganda who was born in 1955. He is the Chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group...
, was born in Uganda. He moved to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with his parents in his early teens. As a young man in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
he successfully established a number of small businesses before returning to Uganda in the 1980s to take advantage of the great improvements in political and business stability.
Subsidiary Companies
The companies of Ruparelia Group include but are not limited to the following:- Crane BankCrane BankCrane Bank is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the twenty-three commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.-Overview:The bank is a mid-sized financial services provider in Uganda...
- KampalaKampalaKampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...
, Uganda - Goldstar Insurance Company Limited - Kampala, Uganda
- Speke Resort and Conference Centre Limited - MunyonyoMunyonyoMunyonyo is an area on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and is part of the metropolitan area of the city of Kampala, in Makindye Division...
, Kampala, Uganda - Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Limited - Munyonyo, Uganda
- Kampala Speke HotelKampala Speke Hotel-Location:The hotel is located in the heart of Kampala, at 7-9 Nile Avenue, on Nakasero Hill, close to the Grand Imperial Hotel and the Kampala Sheraton Hotel. This location is close to banks, shopping arcades and offices, in the middle of Kampala's central business district...
- Kampala, Uganda - Kabira Country Club - BukotoBukotoBukoto is a township within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area.-Location:Bukoto is bordered by Kisaasi to the north, Kigoowa to the northeast, Ntinda to the east, Naguru to the southeast, Kololo to the south, Kamwookya to the west and Kyebando to the northwest...
, Kampala, Uganda - Tourist Hotel - Kampala, Uganda
- Speke Apartments Limited - Kampala, Uganda
- Sanyu FM 88.2 - Kampala, Uganda
- Kampala International School, Uganda (KISU)
- Kampala Parents' School
- Crane Management Services Limited - Kampala, Uganda
- Meera Investments Limited - Kampala, Uganda
- Rosebud Limited - EntebbeEntebbeEntebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...
, Uganda
