ETHIOPIA - The National Alcohol & Liquor Factory (NALF) of Ethiopia has expanded its vodka portfolio by launching a new product ‘National Vodka’ into the local market. At the time of the launch, the AddisFortune reported that the alcoholic vodka product, which is a year in its making, will be available in the market in…
ZIMBABWE - Delta Corporation’s, the beer and soft drinks company of Zimbabwe revenue has increased 18% in the year to March 2018, attributed to higher beer volumes and growth in larger sparkling beverages. The Herald report cited a trading update for the fourth quarter and full year to March 2018, which included the results of…
BELGIUM - AB InBev has developed new energy-efficient brewing method that will reduce CO emissions by approximately 5% once the technique is utilised in its entire brewery network. The new method uses less heat and water than other brewing methods by generating gas bubbles needed to malt grains in beer thus does not require the…
UK - Diageo, the British multinational distiller will invest US$185.8 million in Johnnie Walker global brand attraction & distillery programme, Scotch Whisky tourism for over a period of three years in Scotland. The investment will be used to construct a new Johnnie Walker facility in Edinburgh to change Scotch whisky visitor experiences while acting as…
KENYA - One of the brands belonging to the Namibia Breweries Limited, Windhoek has returned into the Kenyan market, but this time with a new partner, Kapari Limited, a Kenyan importer and distributor of wines and spirits. Business Daily reported that the come-back came after the brewer terminated its initial distribution agreement with East Africa…
USA - The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers, has reported a 3.6% export growth data for the American craft beer industry in 2017 that saw it go above US$125 million. BA’s Export Development Program (EDP), also said that craft beer export volume increased in 2017, now totalling…
KENYA - Developers of Garden City Mall are set to spend Sh54 billion (US$540 million) on a business park that will house the headquarter offices of beer maker EABL (East Africa Breweries Limited). The project, whose construction started yesterday, will be funded by UK private equity fund Actis. The commercial complex adjacent to its Garden…
BELGIUM - AB InBev, the Belgian transnational beverage and brewing company and the world’s largest brewer, has launched renewed sustainability goals with a focus on smart agriculture, water stewardship, packaging, and climate action. In the revised goals, the company targets says that by 2025, it will aim for the adoption of 100% of its packaging to…
INDIA - The maker of Bira 91, a popular Indian craft beer with bottles sporting sketches of a quirky monkey with a punk hairdo, is aiming to list itself in the next three to five years, its chief executive told Reuters. B9 Beverages, founded and led by New Delhi-based entrepreneur Ankur Jain, has quietly snagged…
TANZANIA - Serengeti Breweries Limited, the second largest beer company in Tanzania has unveiled a new plan to support local farmers who grow maize, sorghum and millet, with an aim to increase locally-sourced raw materials to 15,000 tonnes annually, reports IPP media This amount forms 80% of the total raw materials the company uses in…
