World Whisky Day landed on 16 May 2026, and Nigeria, reliably, had opinions. From the bars of Victoria Island to private home setups in Abuja’s
Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji is investing $50 million to build a soft drinks manufacturing plant in Mombasa, his most direct challenge yet to Coca-Cola and
Ovaltine has officially launched in Ghana, with Transmed confirmed as the brand’s distribution partner in-market. For Twinings Ovaltine, it is the first commercial step in
Tanzania’s formal spirits sector has been building toward a confrontation with its informal market for years. Per-capita alcohol consumption across East Africa has grown steadily,
Nigeria’s premium beer segment has been tightening for the better part of three years. Rising household costs compressed the mainstream lager market, yet a counterintuitive
For most of the past two decades, the M&A narrative in Nigerian beverages ran in one direction. Multinational giants acquired Nigerian assets: Heineken consolidated around
Momentum had been building within Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods sector for some time, as multinationals faced mounting pressure from investors, regulators, and consumers to demonstrate
Behind the policy commitments delivered from the stage of the 10th Ghana Beverage Awards lay a more specific commercial challenge: how to translate government intent
Momentum had been building within Nigeria’s regulatory landscape for some time, as mounting evidence of illicit alcohol production quietly spread across Lagos State’s commercial corridors.
Momentum had been building within Ghana’s WASH financing ecosystem for years before it crystallised into a definitive strategic posture. With government funding accounting for just
