After a brief pause, Drinkabl Africa’s Bottling Brilliance series is back, continuing its conversations on the ideas, people and commercial realities shaping Africa’s beverage industry.
Africa Illicit Beverage Watch scans the continent weekly to track illicit beverage activities, protecting operators and brand distributors against counterfeit risks and regulatory shifts. For
A beer flood, a royal ban on coffee houses, a fighter-jet claim and a forged bottle all reached a verdict on paper, and the paper
The case for drinking more is strongest in heat, during effort and in place of sugary drinks. The reference figures behind everyday advice were never
Some bottled water is labelled mineral water, some is purified, and others are marketed as alkaline or electrolyte water. But what do these labels actually
Nigeria’s Alcohol Crackdown Meets a Global Beverage Reset From banned drinks in Lagos to acquisitions and cost cuts abroad, this week showed how regulation, affordability
A 25.4 million estimate for chronic kidney disease has reached a drinks trade already fighting over a sugar levy. The numbers carry limits that both
Franklin Ozekhome asks brands to measure what music, memory and belonging add to a sale. Manyatta cider, poured at the summit where his argument was
A stout brewed with bull testicles and a wine that orbited Earth both have paper trails, and so do eight more stories. Every item links
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
