Nigeria’s headline inflation rate fell to 15.43% in July 2026, down from 15.91% in June and sharply below the 24.94% recorded a year earlier. But
Nigerians spent roughly ₦1.41 trillion, about $1.03 billion, on beer, malt drinks and spirits in the first half of 2026, even as a public-health-driven alcohol
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has defended five Kenyan alcoholic beverage brands temporarily suspended by Rwanda’s food and drug regulator, saying fresh tests and inspections
Nigeria’s sachet alcohol ban has stopped being a policy argument for indigenous distillers. It is now showing up on their balance sheets. Intercontinental Distillers Limited
From affordable premiumisation to local manufacturing, the continent’s drinks industry is being reshaped by consumers who want their beverages to work harder. Africa’s beverage industry
Africa’s beverage opportunity remains substantial, but the consumer proposition is changing fast. The question for beverage companies is no longer simply how to sell more
Sachet alcohol sellers in Ibadan’s Beere market protested on Monday, calling on the Federal Government to lift its ban on sachet and small-bottle alcoholic drinks.
Keurig Dr Pepper is reformulating 7UP around a lime-forward taste, the brand’s biggest change in more than 15 years, with the new recipe and a
Carlsberg Britvic is adding 57 new rigid trucks to its UK delivery fleet. The 26-tonne vehicles come from bodybuilder Bevan Group, built on Mercedes-Benz Actros
At The New Pour Summit ’26 in Nairobi, consumer strategist Feyi Olubodun offered beverage brands a deceptively simple warning: African consumers are changing, but that
