Nigerian Breweries made N99.1 billion in 2025 after losing N145 billion the year before, yet its chief executive says the beer market shrank. The gap
Ondo Deaths and Kenya’s Cooler Rule Lead Drinks Week Nigeria’s regulator NAFDAC linked 48 deaths in Ondo State to methanol in unlabelled drinks in the
The same illicit-alcohol problem looks like homebrew in Kenya and counterfeit white spirits in South Africa. The New Pour Report 2026 argues that selling to
Capital Moves In as Africa Tightens Its Beverage Market Last week, Africa’s beverage industry offered a reminder that the biggest changes in the market don’t
Convenience, flavour and changing drinking occasions are turning premixed beverages from a novelty into one of Africa’s fastest-growing beverage categories. For years, Africa’s beverage conversation
Canada has added a warning about unregulated alcohol to its official travel advisory for Nigeria, following a methanol poisoning outbreak in Ondo State that has
Toxic alcohol, counterfeit marks and a major bottling deal defined Africa’s drinks week. Across Africa’s drinks markets, the week exposed the fault lines behind what
An Abuja shop owner has broken months of silence to publicly name five beverage brands over customer complaints about taste, smell and appearance, a reversal
Heineken’s Kenyan subsidiary says its Tatu City plant is the first in Kenyan manufacturing to earn EDGE Advanced certification, helped by a rooftop solar plant
Nigeria’s sachet alcohol ban has stopped being a paperwork problem for manufacturers and become a street-level enforcement test. By late August, NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola
