family businesses

In Uganda’s manufacturing landscape, where few family businesses live to see a second generation, the story of Crest Foam is a rare and remarkable show of resilience, reinvention, and a powerful mother-daughter partnership. Crest Foam sits on the eastern edge of Kampala, nestled between other factories and warehouses in the Ntinda Industrial Area. It is a quiet giant that hums to life every morning with rolls of flexible foam gliding down production lines. And for every mattress produced, another Ugandan family, somewhere across the country, gets to sleep on a product born from one family’s resilience. But behind the rise…