Bata opened its first store in the country in 1932. Since the 1960s, Bata´s business has been developing in Uganda, and it is still active today.
- In 1932, the first Bata company store was opened in the country, in Kampala
- In 1939 Bata organization owned a larger retail network – 17 shops and sales points
- Around 1966, the company business was organised again (production, sale)
- In 1969 the Bata plant was expanded and modernized
- In 1970 the Bata assets in Uganda companies were nationalized, but they were returned to the owner in 1971. The same government interventions were repeated in 1973 – nationalization and subsequent rapid restoration to owners
- In 1978, the sister company Uganda Bata Shoe Company Limited operated in the country
- In 1992, the Uganda Bata, Kampala, ran company business in the country
Sources:
- Moravský zemský archiv v Brně – Státní okresní archiv Zlín, Česko
- Tomáš J. Baťa, Švec pro celý svět, Praha 1991
- Bata, The Bata Shoe Organisation, 1978
- Thomas J. Bata, Remmembered, Zlín 2016, ISBN 978-80-7473-398-7
