As retail beer volume dropped 4% in 2025, value sales surged by 16%ex, posing a stark divergence that is forcing Nigeria’s major brewers into a
Congo Brands Australia, the local distributor behind Logan Paul and KSI’s PRIME hydration and energy drinks, entered voluntary administration on 7 July 2026. Alice Ruhe
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved Coca-Cola HBC’s purchase of a controlling stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, subject to conditions aimed at public-interest concerns. The
The death toll from a suspected mass poisoning linked to locally brewed alcoholic and herbal concoctions in Ondo State has risen to 32, health and
There is something oddly memorable about a first drink. It is rarely about the taste. Sometimes it is cheap vodka in a water bottle, or
Fanta Kenya is taking its Skizia Utamu campaign off screens and into communities, with a branded caravan touring Central Kenya from September 8 to 13.
Three African countries are now debating whether 18 is too young to drink legally, but only one has an actual bill moving through parliament. Kenya,
Africa’s alcohol industry is entering a more interventionist era, but not through a single continent-wide law. Governments across the region are tightening packaging rules, taxation,
Coca-Cola is turning one of its smallest product lines into a bet on an entirely new drinking occasion. The company has named its zero-sugar, zero-caffeine
We recently examined how nightclubs and lounges can end up serving as a last-mile channel for illicit alcohol, and how a club that looks legitimate
